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
14 March 2025
(noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
