Caisson

/ˈkeɪ.sɑn/

Synonyms for "caisson" (16 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
ammunition cartammunition chestammunition wagoncaisson disease

Strong matches (4)

Related words (8)

Noun(6 words)
decompression sicknessdiving chamberlacunarpneumatic caissonthe bendswatertight chamber

Related word relations

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More general

7 entries
chamberchestdiseasemedical conditionmilitary vehiclepanelsupply wagon

More specific

6 entries
air caissonartillery caissoncaisson sicknessgun caissonopen caissonthe bends

Collocations

6 entries
air caissoncaisson diseasecaisson foundationdiving bellopen caissonunderwater construction

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

During the construction of the viaduct, the sinking of the caissons in the river bed caused much difficulty to the engineer and contractors, as a bed of running sand was encountered; in consequence, the expenditure for these foundations proved almost prohibitive.

Source: wiktionary

Caissons were enclosed dry chambers built on river beds to facilitate the construction of bridge piers.

Source: wiktionary

Over hill, over dale / As we hit the dusty trail, / And those caissons go rolling along.

Source: wiktionary

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