caisson

Other forms of caisson

plural

caissons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about caisson

What does caisson mean?

caisson means "an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in caisson?

caisson has 2 syllables: cais-son. The stress falls on "cais". In IPA it is /ˈkeɪsən/.

What is another word for caisson?

Close synonyms include coffer, lacunar, ammunition chest, pneumatic caisson, cofferdam. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is caisson a common word?

caisson is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.