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Noun
/ˈkôfər/,/ˈkäfər/,
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coffers, plural;
  1. A strongbox or small chest for holding valuables

  2. The funds or financial reserves of a group or institution
    • - the federal government's empty coffers
  3. A recessed panel in a ceiling

  1. an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
  2. a chest especially for storing valuables
  3. A coffer (or coffering) in architecture, is a sunken panel in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling, soffit or vault. ...
  4. In fortification, coffer a hollow lodgment, against a dry moat, the upper part being made of pieces of timber raised about two feet above the level of the moat. This elevation has hurdles filled with earth which serves as a parapet with embrasures. The coffer is similar to the caponier. ...
  5. A chest (also called coffer or kist) is one of the oldest forms of furniture. It is typically a rectangular structure with four walls and a liftable lid, for storage. The interior space may be subdivided. ...
  6. (Coffered) A boxed wood ceiling composed of twenty-four in squares surrounded by wood beams.  Popular in dining rooms and libraries.  Common period designs include Arts and Crafts, Georgian and Victorian.  Common materials cherry, oak and mahogany.
  7. (Coffered) Sunk panels in ceiling vaults, domes and arched soffits.
  8. (Coffering) Decoration of a ceiling, a vault, or an arch soffit, consisting of sunken square or polygonal ornamental panels.
  9. (coffering) An ornamental system of deep panels recessed into a vault, arch or ceiling. Coffered ceilings, occasionally made of wood, were frequently used in Renaissance palaces.
  10. (Coffers) the recessed elements of a monumental ceiling or vault, e.g., the Pantheon or the Basilica Maxentius
  11. In architecture, a decorative sunken panel on the underside of a ceiling.
  12. Wooden box or chest with a rounded top, used for storing clothes and other valuables.
  13. a sunken panel in a ceiling or vault, used to reduce the mass of the vaulting
  14. Decorative recessed panel in a ceiling.
  15. A name for a strong box or chest, often used to store valuables
  16. The sunken area created between the crossing of structural members. Coffers often appear in a flat ceiling or on the interior surface of a dome. They are often the focus of decoration and serve also to lighten the weight of the structure. ...
  17. A small chest for holding valuables, such as gold and jewels, often elaborately decorated with paint and precious stones.
  18. In France, a wooden trunk or chest intended for holding valuables, blankets and clothes. In use since the Middle Ages, the coffer can be covered in leather with nail heads ornamenting the edges and handles on both ends. Wrought iron scrollwork was also used in a decorative fashion. ...
  19. Dam : a temporary but substantial measure to exclude water during a long-term stoppage; often wide enough for contractor's plant to cross the cut.
  20. A multi-functional traveling chest with handles and a domed lid but without feet, usually made of oak. Term can also refer to a chest or box covered in leather or some other material and banded with metalwork.
  21. A joined and panelled low chest, usually of oak, with a lid.
  22. A recessed panel, usually ornamented, in the under-surface of a ceiling, barrel-vault or balcony.
  23. a recessed decorative panel that, with many other similar ones, is used to decorate ceilings or vaults.
  24. A chest to keep treasure in.
  25. A decorative feature formed by recessed panels (coffered ceilings).