caisson
caisson is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A chest to hold ammunition. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
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- noun. A chest to hold ammunition.
- noun. A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber.
- noun. A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.
- noun. A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level.
- noun. A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins.
- noun. A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.
- noun. A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.
- noun. large watertight chamber used for construction under water
- noun. a chest to hold ammunition
- noun. a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition
- noun. an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
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