Coffer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A strongbox.
  • n. Financial resources; funds.
  • n. A treasury: stole money from the union coffers.
  • n. Architecture A decorative sunken panel in a ceiling, dome, soffit, or vault.
  • n. The chamber formed by a canal lock.
  • n. A cofferdam.
  • n. A floating dock.
  • v. To put in a coffer.
  • v. Architecture To supply (a ceiling, for example) with decorative sunken panels.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A strongbox: a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
  • n. An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
  • n. A cofferdam.
  • n. A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
  • v. To put money or valuables in a coffer
  • v. To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.
  • n. Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
  • n. A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.
  • n. A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.
  • n. The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.
  • v. To put into a coffer.
  • v. To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.
  • v. To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A box, casket, or chest (as now understood, a large chest), especially one used for keeping valuables, as money; an ark; hence, figuratively, a treasury; in the plural, the wealth or pecuniary resources of a person, corporation, nation, etc.
  • n. In architecture, a sunk panel or compartment in a ceiling or soffit, of an ornamental character, usually enriched with moldings and having a rose, pomegranate, star, or other ornament in the center; a caisson.
  • n. In fortification, a hollow lodgment across a dry moat, from 6 to 7 feet deep and from 16 to 18 feet broad.
  • n. A trough in which tin ore is broken to pieces.
  • n. A kind of caisson or floating dock.
  • n. A canal-lock chamber.
  • To deposit or lay up in a coffer: usually with up.
  • To furnish or ornament with coffers, as a ceiling.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a chest especially for storing valuables
  • n. an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
  • Verb Form
    coffered    coffering    coffers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chest    panel   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    caisson    chest    cofferdam    treasury   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    offer    reoffer   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    treasury    exchequer    casket    sceptre    coronation    urn    brooch    diadem    ingot    sarcophagus