See caisson in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 213:",
"text": "Caissons were enclosed dry chambers built on river beds to facilitate the construction of bridge piers.",
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[
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[
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"A structure with similar function that is temporary."
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"(engineering) A structure with similar function that is temporary."
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"word": "coffer"
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"A coffer (sunken panel)."
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"(architecture) A coffer (sunken panel)."
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62,
70
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"A large box to hold ammunition."
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"(military) A large box to hold ammunition."
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"rhymes": "-eɪsən"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "suzarkġ",
"sense": "enclosure from which water can be expelled",
"word": "սուզարկղ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "keson",
"sense": "enclosure from which water can be expelled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кесон"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "enclosure from which water can be expelled",
"word": "kasuuni"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "enclosure from which water can be expelled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Senkkasten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "enclosure from which water can be expelled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Caisson"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "enclosure from which water can be expelled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cassone"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "enclosure from which water can be expelled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tura"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "kessón",
"sense": "enclosure from which water can be expelled",
"word": "кессо́н"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "enclosure from which water can be expelled",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kassun"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "gate across the entrance to a dry dock",
"word": "sulkuportti"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "batopórt",
"sense": "gate across the entrance to a dry dock",
"word": "батопо́рт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "plavúčij zatvór",
"sense": "gate across the entrance to a dry dock",
"word": "плаву́чий затво́р"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "parašut",
"sense": "floating tank that can be submerged",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парашут"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pontón",
"sense": "floating tank that can be submerged",
"word": "понто́н"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "two-wheeled horse-drawn military vehicle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vaigín armlóin"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "rakla",
"sense": "large box of ammunition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ракла"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "zarjádnyj jáščik",
"sense": "large box of ammunition",
"word": "заря́дный я́щик"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "large box of ammunition",
"word": "ammunitionskista"
}
],
"word": "caisson"
}
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