🔤 Cofferdam

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URDU

پانی کے اندر تعمیراتی کام کے لیے بنایا گیا عارضی بند
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
pani ke andar kaam ke liye banaya gaya temporary dam ya deewar
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ENGLISH

📚noun
cofferdam
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˈkɒfərˌdæm/
Phonetic: /kof ur dam/
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DEFINITION

a watertight enclosure pumped dry to permit construction or repair work below the waterline
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Engineers constructed a steel cofferdam to build the bridge foundation. Water was pumped out of the cofferdam so workers could safely lay concrete. The shipyard built a temporary cofferdam around the damaged hull section. Heavy storms tested the structural integrity of the river cofferdam. Once the underwater piers were finished, the cofferdam was dismantled.
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SYNONYMS

watertight barrier caisson temporary dam retaining wall
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