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pontoon

noun as in float

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You stand on an unsteady pontoon bridge spanning the Tigris River in a township called Adh Dhouloueya.

You guard the pontoon bridge with a squad of Iraqi Army soldiers and a single interpreter.

While we have not definitively located the video, in one video tanks can be seen crossing a pontoon bridge into Ukraine.

He proceeded to use five pontoon bridges to get his troops across the Rappahannock River.

Sometimes a girder is rolled out about one-third of its length, and then supported on a floating pontoon.

In leaving the pontoon for the offing, the various craft increase in size as the water deepens.

As the real channel is approached, the bridge stops abruptly, and a series of pontoon-like barges takes the place of it.

On the 14th and 15th, by means of his pontoon bridges near Wilcox's Landing, Grant crossed to the south side of the river.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pontoon, such as: barge, boat, craft, and raft.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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