pont — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bridge noun A structure built to carry a road, railway, or path across a river, valley, or other obstacle.
- deck noun A floor-like structure on a ship or the outdoor platform attached to a house.
- Pontus name An ancient region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, also a masculine given name in Scandinavia.
Senses
pont is used for these senses in English:
- Pontus An ancient kingdom and cultural region covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea, in Anatolia in modern Turkey; traditionally Greek-speaking.
- bridge (dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
- bridge A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
- bridge (music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
- bridge (nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
- deck Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- long weekend A weekend extended by one or more days off falling on a day or days immediately preceding or following it.
- pons (neuroanatomy) A band of nerve fibres, from the Latin term pōns Varoliī, within the brain stem.
bridge — full definition
- noun A structure built to carry a road, railway, or path across a river, valley, or other obstacle.
- noun The bony or cartilaginous ridge along the top of the nose.
- noun A raised platform on a ship from which the captain and crew control and observe the vessel.
- noun A section of a song that connects two other parts, often building tension before a chorus returns.
- noun A trick-taking card game for four players in two partnerships.
deck — full definition
- noun A floor-like structure on a ship or the outdoor platform attached to a house.
- noun A complete pack of playing cards.
- verb To decorate or dress something up, often elaborately.
- verb To knock someone down with a punch (informal).