Associations to the word «Coffer»

Pictures for the word «Coffer»

Wiktionary

COFFER, noun. A strongbox: a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
COFFER, noun. (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome; a caisson.
COFFER, noun. A cofferdam.
COFFER, noun. A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
COFFER, noun. 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, verb. (transitive) To put money or valuables in a coffer
COFFER, verb. (transitive) To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.

Dictionary definition

COFFER, noun. An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
COFFER, noun. A chest especially for storing valuables.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats