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Definitions: Caisson |
CaissonNoun1. An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome. 2. A two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition. 3. A chest to hold ammunition. 4. Large watertight chamber used for construction under water. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "caisson" was first used: 1704. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Building & Civil Engineering | A watertight enclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CaissonSynonyms: ammunition chest (n), coffer (n), cofferdam (n), lacuna (n), pneumatic caisson (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary; trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise; grip, grip sack; skippet, vasculum; boot, imperial; vache; cage, manger, rack. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Caisson |
| English words defined with "caisson": Air lock ♦ caisson disease ♦ Float case, Floating dam ♦ Pneumatic caisson. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "caisson": American caisson ♦ belled-out bottom, Boston caisson, box caisson ♦ caisson drill, caisson pile, caisson sickness, caisson sinking, compressed air illness, concrete caisson sinking, cow caisson ♦ DOCK HAND, DOCK SUPERVISOR, drilled-in caisson ♦ gow caisson ♦ materials lock ♦ PNEUMATIC-JACK OPERATOR, prefabricated caisson plant ♦ skin friction, stranded caisson, supervisor, ship maintenance services. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "caisson": Cassonade. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Caisson" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (box, caisson, panel), German (caisson). |
| "Caisson" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Caisson" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 26 | 68,323 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "caisson": American caisson ♦ Boston caisson ♦ box caisson ♦ caisson disease ♦ caisson pile ♦ caisson sickness ♦ cow caisson ♦ pneumatic caisson ♦ prefabricated caisson plant ♦ stranded caisson. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
caisson | 54 |
caisson song | 9 |
caisson caissons | 6 |
caisson disease | 5 |
caisson sub woofer | 3 |
caisson drilling | 3 |
caisson closure | 3 |
horse drawn caisson | 2 |
caisson video | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "caisson"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kabinë për punime nënujore, dhomëz për punime nënujore, arkë municioni. (various references) | |
Arabic | عربة ذخيرة, صندوق متفجرات, جزء غائر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кесон (coffer, diving bell, panel), мина (diggings, land mine, mine, petard, work). (various references) | |
Chinese | 储"装置. (various references) | |
Czech | munièní vùz. (various references) | |
Danish | Caisson, spunsvæg (bulkhead, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam, curtain of sheet piling, cut off sheet piling, cut off wall of sheetpiles, sheet pile, sheet pile wall, sheet piling), saenkekasse (crib, crib work), sænkekasse, kofferdam (bulkhead, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam, rubberdam), fangdæmning (bulkhead, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam), dykkerklokke (diving bell, living chamber, mobile caisson). (various references) | |
Dutch | cofferdam (bulkhead, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam, rubberdam), cassette (cartridge, cassette, cassette tape holder, magazine, magnetic tape cassette, radiographic cassette, tape cartridge, tape magazine), caisson (living chamber), zinkkist, kofferdam (bulkhead, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam), duikerklok (diving bell, diving-bell, mobile caisson), bouwkuip (bulkhead, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam). (various references) | |
Farsi | واگون مهمات , ارابه ارتشی . (various references) | |
Finnish | arkku (chest, coffin, locker, trunk). (various references) | |
French | caisson (casing). (various references) | |
German | senkkasten (floating caisson sunk, hollow caisson), caisson. (various references) | |
Greek | κιβώτιο πολεμοφοδίων, κιβώτιο (boot, box, case, casing, chest, container, container pot, crate, housing, trunk), καισόν, προστατευτικό ανάχωμα (bulkhead, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam), υδατοστεγέσ κιβώτιο, υδατοστεγές διάφραγμα (bulkhead, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam), φάτνωμα (bay, panel, wainscot), άμαξα πολεμοφοδίων, διαχωριστικό στεγανό (bulkhead, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam). (various references) | |
Hungarian | süllyesztőszekrény, lőszerszekrény, keszon (coffer, coffer-dom, pontoon). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gerobak (car, cart, truck, van, wagon). (various references) | |
Italian | cassettone (coffer, commode, dresser, lacunar, panel), cassone (box, box girder, cassone, castes, chest, compartment, cubicle, hollow box, hopper, saladin box). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 潜函 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せ"か" (battleship, election administration, exclusive jurisdiction). (various references) | |
Korean | 함. (various references) | |
Manx | heedraghys, carr laadee (lorry, wagon). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aissoncay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ensecadeira (bulkhead, bulkhead gate, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam, stop log). (various references) | |
Romanian | cheson (ammunition, locker). (various references) | |
Russian | кессон (coffer, cofferdam, pontoon, sunk shaft). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kola za municiju, keson. (various references) | |
Spanish | casetón, campana neumática, cajón hidráulico, cajón de dique, cajón (bin, bucket, case, coffin, crate, drawer, flat, locker, plant tray, seedling tray, skip with concrete, take, till, tray), puerta de dique, pantalla (bulkhead, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam, diaphragm, display, display screen, lampshade, screen, shade, shield, shutter, stencil), mamparo (bulkhead, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam), ataguía (bulkhead, bulkhead gate, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam, stop log), artesón (panel, tub). (various references) | |
Swedish | kassun (American caisson, box caisson, bulkhead, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam, stranded caisson). (various references) | |
Thai | กล่องที่บรรจุอากาศเพื่อให้คนสามารถลงไปทำงานใต้น้ำไ"้ เช่น ในการสร้างสะพาน. (various references) | |
Turkish | cephane sandığı, cephane arabası (ammunition wagon, tumbrel), sualtında temel atma sandığı, duba (ark, barge, camel, float, pontoon). (various references) | |
Ukranian | кесон (coffer), зарядний ящик, батопорт. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | capsa. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | caisson. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "caisson": caissons. (additional references) | |
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"Caisson" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aisons, Cairston, caison, caissa, caisse, caissor, Caiston, Cariston, cason, Cassen, Cassin, Cassion, casson, Cassou, Cayasso, cazzo, Ciaston, Cosson, Cossons, Cowieson, cuissin, cuisson, faisons, gaviscon, saision, Vaison. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "caisson" (pronounced 'Cais"son'): Advowson, Antimason, Arson, Bason, Bison, Bisson, Boson, Chanson, Diapason, Disdiapason, Dobson, Elison, Encrimson, Foison, Foyson, Geason, godson, grandson, Great-grandson, grison, hyson, Impoison, keelson, Kelson, Nupson, Outreason, Overseason, Parson, Plasson, Pocoson, Ramson, reason, Samson, Semidiapason, Sponson, Stemson, stepson, Sternson, Telson, treason, Tridiapason, Unpoison, Unseason, Urson, Waveson, Whitson, Whoreson. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: casinos, cassino. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-n-o-s-s" | |
-1 letter: cansos, casino, scions, sonics. | |
-2 letters: cains, canso, cions, coins, icons, oasis, ossia, sains, sasin, scans, scion, sonic. | |
-3 letters: ains, anis, asci, cain, cans, ciao, cion, coin, coni, cons, coss, icon, ions, naoi, naos, ocas, ossa, sacs, sain, sans, scan, sics, sins, sons. | |
-4 letters: ain, ais, ani, ass, can, cis, con, cos, ins, ion, nos, oca, ons, sac, sic, sin, sis, son, sos. | |
-5 letters: ai, an, as, in, is, na, no, on, os, si, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-n-o-s-s" | |
+1 letter: caissons, cassinos, cyanosis, narcosis, scansion. | |
+2 letters: accession, agnostics, ascension, canoeists, canonises, canonists, cessation, chitosans, coastings, coxswains, croissant, diocesans, laconisms, moccasins, monastics, occasions, sanctions, scallions, scansions, scenarios, simoniacs, sonicates, spondaics, wainscots. | |
+3 letters: abscission, accessions, actionless, arccosines, ascensions, calcinoses, calcinosis, campesinos, caparisons, caseations, causations, cessations, coassuming, coastlines, compassing, compassion, constrains, corrasions, cousinages, crayonists, croissants, custodians, dissonance, encomiasts, insomniacs, isooctanes, monachisms, neoclassic, nostalgics, obeisances, onomastics, scammonies, sectionals, showcasing, stanchions, suctorians, transsonic, vasotocins, volcanisms. | |
+4 letters: abscissions, accessional, accessioned, accusations, actomyosins, agnosticism, anecdotists, ascensional, ascriptions, associating, association, captionless, cartoonists, castrations, coassisting, comparisons, compassions, confiscates, consociates, constancies, constatives, constipates, constraints, cordialness, decussation, diagnostics, dissonances, eicosanoids, escalations, fasciations, fascinators, franchisors, hopsackings, iconoclasms, iconoclasts, iconostases, iconostasis, inosculates, isocyanates, logicalness, macintoshes, maraschinos, marchioness, miscaptions, monarchisms, monarchists, monasticism, nasogastric, nonascetics, nonplastics, nonsensical, obstinacies, organicisms, organicists, osculations, ostracising, outclassing, reaccession, recessional, sardonicism, scallopinis, scaloppines, scorpaenids, secondaries, socialising, solicitants, sonications, speciations, syndicators, ultrasonics. | |
+5 letters: absorbancies, absorbencies, abstractions, accessioning, accompanists, acousticians, acquisitions, agnosticisms, anachronisms, associations, astronautics, asynchronies, asynchronism, backcrossing, calypsonians, captiousness, castigations, cautiousness, ceratopsians, chairpersons, chansonniers, chrismations, chrysarobins, cladogenesis, coinsurances, colonialisms, colonialists, colonialness, commensalism, communalisms, communalists, concessional, confessional, confiscators, conservatism, consistorial, consolations, consolidates, consonancies, conspiracies, conspirators, contrariness, coruscations, cosmeticians, cowardliness, creationisms, creationists, crossbanding, crossbarring, cuspidations, cyanogenesis, decussations, desecrations, desiccations, dipsomaniacs, disconsolate, discordances, dislocations, dissociating, dissociation, distractions, encompassing, exsiccations, factiousness, fantasticoes, fascinations, glucokinases, glucosamines, graciousness, hallucinoses, hallucinosis, harmonicists, hyoscyamines, icosahedrons, idiosyncrasy, inauspicious, inchoateness, insouciances, intercostals, ironicalness, logisticians, mackintoshes, mastications, miscitations, miscreations, mislocations, monasticisms, narcolepsies, neoclassical, nonclassical, nonmusicians, nonsocialist, obfuscations, obscurantism, obscurantist, obscurations, oscillations, ossification, outdistances, overcastings, overissuance, poeticalness, postsynaptic, postulancies, precessional, processional, rapscallions, reaccessions, recessionals, recessionary, romanticises, romanticisms, romanticists, rustications, sacculations, sanctimonies, sansculottic, sardonicisms, satisfaction, scaffoldings, scopolamines, sectionalism, semimonastic, semioticians, sociableness, spaciousness, speculations, spiculations, stocktakings, subsonically, subtractions, successional, suffocations, sycophancies, sycophantish, sycophantism, syncopations, syndications, tobacconists, transactions, transections, transpicuous, unassociated, vacationists, wainscotings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 69 73 73 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .. ... ... --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a i s s o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0069 0073 0073 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37677585858180 |
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