caisson

Meaning of caisson

noun
  1. a large watertight chamber, open at the bottom, from which the water is kept out by air pressure and in which construction work may be carried out under water.
  2. a chest or wagon for holding or conveying ammunition.

late 17th century: from French, literally ‘large chest’, from Italian cassone, the spelling having been altered in French by association with caisse ‘case’.

Information about caisson

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of caisson is: caissons.
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Hyphenation of caisson

cais-son

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • caisson is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

caisson synonyms

Meaning coffer:

coffer, lacuna

Meaning pneumatic caisson:

cofferdam

Anagrams of caisson

Cassino, casinos, cassino, cassoni

Words that rhyme with caisson

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