caissons

noun

plural of caisson
as in vaults

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  1. vaults
  2. compartments
  3. coffins
Noun
  • On July 22, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce warned that vaults whose managers pick strategies, rebalance assets and appoint decision-makers may not sit outside securities law.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • When the Nazis confiscated the negative and shipped it back to Berlin, Hensel safeguarded it in the Reichsfilmarchiv vaults in Berlin until the Allied victory.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Definition of vaults
Noun
  • Bowls come bento-style, with little compartments for carbs, meat and vegetables.
    — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 30 July 2026
  • Dedicated internal storage compartments inside the hull safely hold spent nuclear fuel elements and operational waste throughout the plant’s working life.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Definition of compartments
Noun
  • The excavation, carried out by an Egyptian archaeological mission under the supervision of the SCA, also uncovered pottery coffins, as well as a collection of incense burners, oil lamps, and funerary amulets.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 31 July 2026
  • In the mid-nineteenth century, the abolitionist Henrietta Bowers Duterte operated an Underground Railroad stop in her Philadelphia funeral home, hiding fugitive slaves in coffins.
    — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
Definition of coffins
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