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spontoon

spontoon noun: a pointed weapon similar to a pike.

Noun

spontoon (plural spontoons)

  1. A pointed weapon similar to a pike.
    • "That the commissioned Officers shall severally be armed with a sword or hanger, and espontoon; and [...]"; Second Militia Act of 1792.

spontoon meaning in Tamil

spontoon in Tamil

படைவீரரின் குத்துவாள் வகை

Forms of spontoon

pluralspontoons
alternative formspantoon
alternative formesponton
alternative formespontoon

Origin of spontoon

From Middle French sponton (also esponton), from Italian spontone, from spunta (“pike”).

Questions about spontoon

What does spontoon mean?
Spontoon means a pointed weapon similar to a pike.
What is spontoon in Tamil?
Spontoon in Tamil is படைவீரரின் குத்துவாள் வகை. See Spontoon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spontoon?
Spontoon is a noun.
What is the plural of spontoon?
The plural of spontoon is spontoons.

Words near spontoon in the dictionary

  1. spontaneous pneumothoraces
  2. spontaneous pneumothorax
  3. spontaneously
  4. spontaneousness
  5. spontanous
  6. spontoon
  7. spontoons
  8. spoo
  9. spoodge
  10. spoodged
  11. spoodging

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spontoon (page history and authors); spontoon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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