NOUN
  • Definition - A cylindrical basket or cage of wicker which was filled with earth or stones and used in fortifications and other engineering work (a precursor to the sandbag).
  • Definition - A woven wire mesh unit, sometimes rectangular, made from a continuous mesh panel and filled with stones sometimes coated with polyvinyl chloride.
  • Definition - A porous metal cylinder filled with stones and used in a variety of civil engineering contexts, especially in the construction of retaining walls, the reinforcing of steep slopes, or in the prevention of erosion in river banks.
  • Definition - A knickknack, objet d'art, curiosity, collectable.
  • Example - Reliquiae Trotcosienses: Or, the Gabions of the Late Jonathan Oldbuck Esq. of Monkbarns — title of unfinished novel by Walter Scott.
Words in your word
7 Letter Words
bagnios 10 gabions 10
6 Letter Words
bagnio 9 basing 9 bingos 9 biogas 9 bogans 9 boings 9 gabion 9 gibson 9 gobans 9 basion 8 bonsai 8
5 Letter Words
bangs 8 bigos 8 bingo 8 biogs 8 bogan 8 boing 8 bongs 8 goban 8 basin 7 bison 7 nabis 7 obias 7 sabin 7 agios 6 agons 6 gains 6 gonia 6 signa 6
4 Letter Words
bags 7 bang 7 bigs 7 bing 7 biog 7 bogs 7 bong 7 gabs 7 gibs 7 gobs 7 abos 6 bani 6 bans 6 bias 6 bins 6 bios 6 boas 6 isba 6 nabs 6 nibs 6 nobs 6 obas 6 obia 6 obis 6 snib 6 snob 6 soba 6 agin 5 agio 5 agon 5 gain 5 gins 5 goas 5 nags 5 nogs 5 sago 5 sang 5 sign 5 sing 5 snag 5 snog 5 song 5 ains 4 anis 4 ions 4 naoi 4 naos 4 sain 4
3 Letter Words
bag 6 big 6 bog 6 gab 6 gib 6 gob 6 abo 5 abs 5 ban 5 bas 5 bin 5 bio 5 bis 5 boa 5 bos 5 nab 5 nib 5 nob 5 oba 5 obi 5 sab 5 sib 5 sob 5 ago 4 ags 4 gan 4 gas 4 gin 4 gis 4 goa 4 gos 4 nag 4 nog 4 sag 4 sig 4 ain 3 ais 3 ani 3 ins 3 ion 3 nos 3 ons 3 san 3 sin 3 son 3
2 Letter Words
ab 4 ba 4 bi 4 bo 4 ag 3 gi 3 go 3 ai 2 an 2 as 2 in 2 is 2 na 2 no 2 oi 2 on 2 os 2 si 2 so 2
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