coffer

Etymology
From, , from , from , from. .

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: cougher
 * Homophones: cougher
 * Homophones: cougher
 * Homophones: cougher
 * Homophones: cougher

Noun

 * 1) A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
 * 2)  An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
 * 3) A cofferdam.
 * 4) A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
 * 5) * c. 1610–1620 (written), 1661 (first published),, Letter of Advice to the Duke of Buckingham
 * He would discharge it without any great burden to the queen's coffers.
 * 1) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
 * 1) A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
 * 2) * c. 1610–1620 (written), 1661 (first published),, Letter of Advice to the Duke of Buckingham
 * He would discharge it without any great burden to the queen's coffers.
 * 1) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
 * 1) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
 * 1) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.

Translations

 * Arabic: خَزْنَة حَدِيدِيَّة, خَزْنَة, خزانة
 * Gulf Arabic: تجوري
 * South Levantine Arabic: خزانة
 * Bashkir: һандыҡ
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kassa-arkku, kassalipas
 * French:
 * Galician: cofre
 * German:, , , , , ,
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Ancient: χηλός, ῥίσκος
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Latin: arca
 * Middle English: coffyn, cofre
 * Ottoman Turkish: صندوق
 * Polish: szkatuła,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:, ,


 * Bulgarian: касе́та
 * Catalan: cassetó
 * Czech:
 * Danish: kassette
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: καλαθίσκος
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: caixotão
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ido:
 * Middle English: cofre
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To put money or valuables in a coffer
 * 2)  To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.