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CORTYPE COFFERDAM

Specialty Definition: CORTYPE COFFERDAM

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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.

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Modern Translation: CORTYPE COFFERDAM

Language Translations for "CORTYPE COFFERDAM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

spunsvæg (bulkhead, caisson, cofferdam, curtain of sheet piling, cut off sheet piling, cut off wall of sheetpiles, sheet pile, sheet pile wall, sheet piling), kofferdam (bulkhead, caisson, cofferdam, rubberdam), fangdæmning (bulkhead, caisson, cofferdam). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

cofferdam (bulkhead, caisson, cofferdam, rubberdam), kofferdam (bulkhead, caisson, cofferdam), bouwkuip (bulkhead, caisson, cofferdam). (various references)

   

French

  

batardeau (cofferdam). (various references)

   

German

  

Kofferdamm (bulkhead, caisson, cofferdam), Kastenfangdamm (bulkhead, caisson, cofferdam). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προστατευτικό ανάχωμα (bulkhead, caisson, cofferdam), υδατοστεγές διάφραγμα (bulkhead, caisson, cofferdam), διαχωριστικό στεγανό (bulkhead, caisson, cofferdam). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tura (bulkhead, bulkhead gate, caisson, cofferdam, stop log). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ortypecay offerdamcay

   

Portuguese

  

ensecadeira (bulkhead, bulkhead gate, caisson, cofferdam, stop log). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pantalla (lampshade, screen, shade), mamparo (bulkhead), ataguía (cofferdam). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sänkkista (American caisson, box caisson, bulkhead, caisson, cofferdam, stranded caisson), kassun (caisson). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CORTYPE COFFERDAM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e-f-f-m-o-o-p-r-r-t-y"

-5 letters: deprecatory.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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