SINCE 1828
cajón
noun
ca·jón
| \ kəˈhōn\
plural cajones\ -ō(ˌ)nās,
-ōnēz
\
Definition of cajón
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[ Spanish ]
: a Spanish and Spanish-American method of construction in which walls are made of mud rammed into a narrow boxlike frame and allowed to harden
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