caisson

Converse of object

• lift: When all was stable the LISA A lifted the caisson off the Barge allowing it to return to its berth.
• fill: The boat then glides effortlessly into one of the water filled caissons where the doors close to form a watertight seal.
• call: These are called suction caissons and have been used for a number of projects in the oil and gas industry.
• sink: The harbor consists of ships and concrete caissons sunk as break waters and prefabricated metal piers and roadways.
• enter: Inside the lift The Edwin Clark trip boat has just entered the lower caisson.
• form: At Chepstow the piers were large cast iron cylinders which themselves formed the caissons, the air locks being fitted on top of them.

Adjective modifier

• concrete: It sits on location at the end of an unfinished line of precast concrete caissons, 500 m out into the English Channel.
• other: View down at the trip boat in the other caisson.
• huge: The barrage will be made from a series of huge caissons ( concrete blocks that are common in underwater construction ).
• low: Inside the lift The Edwin Clark trip boat has just entered the lower caisson.
• right: The right caisson is almost at the top now.

Modifies a noun

• unit: Caisson units are also produced in sizes up to 4 meter diameter.

Noun used with modifier

• diameter: Construction of the foundations required the sinking of eight 25m deep 9.9m diameter caissons.
• suction: Recently, this work has focussed on a novel foundation called a " suction caisson " .
• hand: Approaching the lift Narrowboat crossing the aqueduct and heading for the left hand caisson.