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cofferdam

Caison vs Cofferdam - What's the difference?

caison | cofferdam |


As a noun cofferdam is

a temporary watertight structure that is pumped dry to enclose an area underwater and allow construction work on a ship, bridge, or rig to be carried out; a caisson.

Embankment vs Cofferdam - What's the difference?

embankment | cofferdam |


As nouns the difference between embankment and cofferdam

is that embankment is a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a road while cofferdam is a temporary watertight structure that is pumped dry to enclose an area underwater and allow construction work on a ship, bridge, or rig to be carried out; a caisson.

Bund vs Cofferdam - What's the difference?

bund | cofferdam |


As nouns the difference between bund and cofferdam

is that bund is alliance or bund can be a bunch while cofferdam is a temporary watertight structure that is pumped dry to enclose an area underwater and allow construction work on a ship, bridge, or rig to be carried out; a caisson.

As a proper noun bund

is confederation of german states.

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