Synonym of the word CAISSON

n. (engineering) An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas…
n. The gate across the entrance to a dry dock.
n. (nautical) A floating tank that can be submerged, attached to an underwater object and then pumped out…
n. (military) A two-wheeled, horse-drawn military vehicle used to carry ammunition (and a coffin at funerals).
n. (military) A large box to hold ammunition.
n. (military) A chest filled with explosive materials, used like a mine.
n. (architecture) A coffer.

n. A room or set of rooms, particularly.
n. (obsolete) Clipping of chamber pot: a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers.
n. (figuratively) The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
n. Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
n. (firearms) The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
n. (firearms) One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
n. (historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly…
v. To enclose in a room.
v. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
v. To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
v. To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
v. In martial arts, to prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon…
v. (obsolete) To be lascivious.

n. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
n. (obsolete) A coffin.
n. The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
n. A chest of drawers.
n. (anatomy) The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen;…
n. A hit or blow made with one's chest.
v. To hit with one's chest (front of one's body).
v. (transitive) To deposit in a chest.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To place in a coffin.
n. Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.

n. A strongbox: a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
n. (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome; a caisson.
n. A cofferdam.
n. A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
n. A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it…
v. (transitive) To put money or valuables in a coffer.
v. (transitive) To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.

n. A temporary watertight structure that is pumped dry to enclose an area underwater and allow construction…
n. (nautical) An empty space that acts as a protective barrier between two floors or bulkheads on a ship.

n. A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
n. An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript…
n. (microscopy) A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.
n. (translation studies) A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language…

n. A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.; (architecture)…
n. A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for…
n. An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
n. (law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally,…
n. (law, Scotland) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
n. (obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.
n. A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
n. (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
n. (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
n. (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
n. (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
n. (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system…
n. (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt…
n. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
v. to fit with panels.

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