coffer
(noun) a chest especially for storing valuables
coffer, caisson, lacunar
(noun) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
Source: WordNet® 3.1
coffer (plural coffers)
A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
Synonym: strongbox
(architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
Synonym: caisson
A cofferdam.
A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
coffer (third-person singular simple present coffers, present participle coffering, simple past and past participle coffered)
(transitive) To put money or valuables in a coffer
(transitive) To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.
Coffer (plural Coffers)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Coffer is the 19590th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1377 individuals. Coffer is most common among White (66.16%) and Black/African American (28.03%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Cof"fer, n. Etym: [OF. cofre, F. coffre, L. cophinus basket, fr. Gr. Coffin, n.]
1. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables. Chaucer. In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. Shak.
2. Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural. He would discharge it without any burden to the queen's coffers, for honor sake. Bacon. Hold, here is half my coffer. Shak.
3. (Arch.)
Definition: A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.
4. (Fort.)
Definition: A trench dug in the botton of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.
5. The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam. Coffer dam. (Engin.) See Cofferdam, in the Vocabulary.
– Coffer fish. (Zoöl.) See Cowfish.
Cof"fer, v. t.
1. To put into a coffer. Bacon.
2. (Mining.)
Definition: To secure from leaking, as a chaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering. Raymond.
3. To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to turnish with a coffer or coffers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
