[pon-toon] 
| 1. | Military. a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river. |
| 2. | a float for a derrick, landing stage, etc. |
| 3. | Nautical. a float for raising a sunken or deeply laden vessel in the water; a camel or caisson. |
| 4. | a seaplane float. |
[pon-tn] .
[pon-toon] | the card game twenty-one. |
[key-suhn, -son] | 1. | a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water. |
| 2. | a boatlike structure used as a gate for a dock or the like. |
| 3. | Nautical.
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| 4. | a two-wheeled wagon, used for carrying artillery ammunition. |
| 5. | an ammunition chest. |
| 6. | a wooden chest containing bombs or explosives, used formerly as a mine. |
| 7. | Architecture. coffer (def. 4). |
[kam-uhl] | 1. | either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World. Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary. |
| 2. | a color ranging from yellowish tan to yellowish brown. |
| 3. | Also called camel spin. Skating. a spin done in an arabesque position. |
| 4. | Nautical.
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| pon·toon (pŏn-tōōn') n.
[French ponton, from Old French, from Latin pontō, pontōn-, floating bridge, from pōns, pont-, bridge; see pent- in Indo-European roots.] |