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How to pronounce “caisson”
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Pronunciation guide for caisson
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of caisson with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- Jacques Cousteau
for hard hat divers and for people who worked in bridge caissons,
- Definition summary
- (engineering) An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.
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How to pronounce caisson
Jacques Cousteau
for hard hat divers and for people who worked in bridge caissons,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “caisson”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (engineering) An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.
- The gate across the entrance to a dry dock.
- (nautical) A floating tank that can be submerged, attached to an underwater object and then pumped out to lift the object by buoyancy; a camel.
- (military) A two-wheeled, horse-drawn military vehicle used to carry ammunition (and a coffin at funerals).
- (military) A large box to hold ammunition.
- (military) A chest filled with explosive materials, used like a mine.
- (architecture) A coffer.
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