Coffer

Word COFFER
Character 6
Hyphenation cof fer
Pronunciations /ˈkɑfɚ/

Definitions and meanings of "Coffer"

What do we mean by coffer?

A strongbox. noun

Financial resources; funds. noun

A treasury. noun

A decorative sunken panel in a ceiling, dome, soffit, or vault. noun

The chamber formed by a canal lock. noun

A cofferdam. noun

A floating dock. noun

To put in a coffer. transitive verb

To supply (a ceiling, for example) with decorative sunken panels. transitive verb

To deposit or lay up in a coffer: usually with up.

To furnish or ornament with coffers, as a ceiling.

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. noun

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. noun

In fortification, a hollow lodgment across a dry moat, from 6 to 7 feet deep and from 16 to 18 feet broad. noun

A trough in which tin ore is broken to pieces. noun

A kind of caisson or floating dock. noun

A canal-lock chamber. noun

To put into a coffer. transitive verb

To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering. transitive verb

A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.

An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.

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.

A common typo for coffee Urban Dictionary

Afrikaans slang for a person with dark skin (see nigger) Urban Dictionary

The act of performing fellatio. Urban Dictionary

4’9 Urban Dictionary

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Zack is a small midget who thinks he is call and tries to mask his gayness by saying that other people are gay. He can be referred as a dare me bro. He is. Classified dick head Urban Dictionary

Zack coffer is known to man as one who is an excuse merchant who is ashamed of his actions and does not think about how it makes others feel. He has a small Willy and one that does not satisfy the needs of those who touch it (if there are any) Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Coffer

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The word "coffer" in example sentences

It's no secret the lion's share of the money in King's campaign coffer comes from the electric industry. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Because most of the sea wall is submerged, engineers had to build what is called a coffer dam -- essentially a steel bathtub inside the Tidal Basin. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They constructed what is called a coffer dam dike that with the velocity that comes through the river, it undermined that, coming in through the lower levels and so forth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mariamne might want her to become a nun, but the find in the coffer was a portent and had fixed Annais's decision on the matter. ❋ Chadwick, Elizabeth (2004)

It seems "that on the other side of the ocean stands an oak, and on the oak a coffer, and in the coffer a hare, and in the hare a duck, and in the duck an egg, and in the egg the love of the Queen-Maiden." ❋ William Ralston Shedden Ralston (1858)

In such a case as this they make what is called a coffer dam, which is a sort of dam, or dike, made by driving piles close together into the ground, in two rows, at a little distance apart, and then filling up the space between them with earth and gravel. ❋ Jacob Abbott (1841)

The 100-ton concrete and metal construction, called a coffer dam, has been shipped from Louisiana to the waters above the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico. ❋ Unknown (2010)

BP Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward said the company was also planning to deploy an underwater box - called a coffer dam - to cover one of the leaks and allow the oil to be pumped safely to the surface. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The first of three dome-like structures, known as coffer dams, has been completed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The first of three dome-like structures, known as coffer dams, has been completed and is now on its way to the site of the Gulf oil spill, BP said Wednesday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

<[kestrel]> [I don't] really like coffer, I'm actually a [pansy] ❋ Mobile (2006)

[Darryn]: "Man, David is such a [coffer]!" [Damien]: "I know, he stole my TV last night" ❋ Jamie_B (2008)

When we were in Russia, Tony gave me a [coffer] while Melissa slept. That's why their fighting. She gave me a coffer [beneath] the [bleachers]. ❋ I9URGAY (2012)

Reed Coffer is [4’9] ❋ (2021)

[Watch out] for Zack coffer in your [sleep] ❋ Zack Coffer (2020)

[Watch out] for Zack coffer in your [sleep] ❋ Zack Coffer (2020)

[Your such a] [zack coffer] ❋ Shushuman (2022)

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