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cajón

noun ca·jón \ kəˈhōn \

Definition of cajón

plural cajones \-ō(ˌ)nās, -ōnēz\
1 Southwest : a narrow gorge with vertical sides : box canyon
2
[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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Origin and Etymology of cajón

American Spanish, from Spanish, big box, augmentative of caja box, from Latin capsa

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