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Definition: Cofferdam |
CofferdamNoun1. Large watertight chamber used for construction under water. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
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) |
| A gate used either for temporary closure of a channel or conduit before dewatering it for inspection or maintenance, or for closure against flowing water when the head difference is small, e. g. for diversion tunnel closure. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | The empty space between two bulkheads separating two adjacent compartments. It is designed to isolate the two compartments from each other, to prevent the liquid contents of one compartment from entering the other in the event of the failure of the partitions of one to retain their tightness. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A set of temporary walls designed to keep soil and/or water from entering an excavation b. A method of shaft sinking through saturated sand or mud near the surface. A cofferdam is an enclosure, open to the air, that keeps water out of the shaft area to allow excavation to proceed. The enclosing wall is constructed by driving down strips of steel with interlocking edges or concrete piles, reinforced with steel. In general, cofferdams are used only for short lengths and where piles can be driven into an impervious deposit, so that normal pumping will keep the shaft sufficiently dry forworking. See also:drop shaft; piling. (references) |
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Synonyms: CofferdamSynonyms: caisson (n), pneumatic caisson (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Exclusion | Separation, segregation, seposition, elimination, expulsion; cofferdam. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cofferdam |
| English words defined with "cofferdam": Batardeau ♦ Cleading, Coffer dam. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cofferdam": cellular cofferdam ♦ submarine worker. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cofferdam" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (cofferdam). |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Excavating within the log cofferdam during an early stage of construction, Douglas Dam, Tenn. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Expression using "cofferdam": cortype cofferdam. Additional references. | |
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| 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 |
cofferdam | 18 |
cofferdam construction | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "cofferdam"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vend i rrethuar me lumë (coffer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шлюз (coffer, floodgate, gate, hatch, lock, penstock, sluice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 浮桥坞. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | keson. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spunsvæg (bulkhead, caisson, cortype cofferdam, curtain of sheet piling, cut off sheet piling, cut off wall of sheetpiles, sheet pile, sheet pile wall, sheet piling), skot (bulkhead, bulkhead gate, stop log), kofferdam (bulkhead, caisson, cortype cofferdam, rubberdam), fangedæmning (bulkhead gate, stop log), fangdæmning (bulkhead, caisson, cortype cofferdam). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cofferdam (bulkhead, caisson, cortype cofferdam, rubberdam), schot t.b.v.droogzetten (bulkhead gate, stop log), rubberdam (rubberdam), kofferdam (bulkhead, caisson, cortype cofferdam), dambalk (bulkhead gate, stop log), bouwkuip (bulkhead, caisson, cortype cofferdam). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سدصندوقی , بستاب . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | seinämäluukku (bulkhead gate, stop log), kofferdami. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cofferdam, cloison de sûreté, digue de caoutchouc, batardeau (cortype cofferdam). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spanngummi (rubberdam), Schott (bulkhead), Rubberdam (rubberdam), Kofferdamm (bulkhead, caisson, cortype cofferdam), Kofferdam (rubberdam), Kastenfangdamm (bulkhead, caisson, cortype cofferdam), Fangedamm (sadd, sudd), Dammtafel (bulkhead gate, manually operated device, stop log), Dammbalken (bulkhead gate, stop log). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στεγανό παράφραγμα, προστατευτικό ανάχωμα (bulkhead, caisson, cortype cofferdam), υδατοστεγές διάφραγμα (bulkhead, caisson, cortype cofferdam), χώρισμα του φράγματος (bulkhead gate, stop log), ελαστικόν μάκτρον (rubberdam), απομονωτικό διαμέρισμα, τείχος του φράγματος (bulkhead gate, stop log), διαχωριστικό στεγανό (bulkhead, caisson, cortype cofferdam), δοκοί έμφραξης (bulkhead gate, stop log). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | közgát. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cofferdam, cassone di fondazione, tura (bulkhead, bulkhead gate, caisson, cortype cofferdam, stop log), traversa di deviazione (bulkhead gate, stop log), pancone (plank), intercapedine stagna, diga di gomina (rubberdam). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | offerdamcay comporta ensecadeira (bulkhead gate, stop log), cofferdam, ensecadeira (bulkhead, bulkhead gate, caisson, cortype cofferdam, stop log). (various references) кессон (caisson, coffer, pontoon, sunk shaft). (various references) privremena brana. (various references) ataguía (bulkhead, bulkhead gate, caisson, cortype cofferdam, stop log). (various references) sänkkista (American caisson, box caisson, bulkhead, caisson, cortype cofferdam, stranded caisson), kofferdam, kassun (caisson). (various references) เขื่อนเล็กๆ กั้นลำน้ำที่สร้างขึ้นไว้ชั่วคราว. (various references) su altı inşaat temel sandığı, koferdam. (various references) кесон для підводних робіт, водонепроникна перемичка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cofferdam": cofferdams. (additional references) | |
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"Cofferdam" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Loffreda. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "cofferdam" (pronounced 'Cof"fer*dam'): Bokadam, Commendam, milldam, Quidam, Schiedam, Undam. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-f-f-m-o-r" | |
-2 letters: caromed, comrade. | |
-3 letters: afford, coffer, comade, defoam, deform, doffer, farced, farmed, fedora, femora, foamed, foamer, forced, formed, framed, radome, roamed. | |
-4 letters: acred, adore, afore, arced, armed, cadre, cameo, cared, carom, cedar, coder, comae, comer, cored, cream, credo, decaf, decor, derma, draff, dream, faced, facer, fader, famed, farce, fared, foram, force, forme, frame, fremd. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-f-f-m-o-r" | |
+1 letter: cofferdams. | |
+5 letters: diffractometer, diffractometry. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 66 66 65 72 64 61 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- ..-. ..-. . .-. -.. .- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100110 01100110 01100101 01110010 01100100 01100001 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o f f e r d a m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0066 0066 0065 0072 0064 0061 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)378172727184706779 |
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