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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

coffer.
1. Caisson or lacuna, i.e. deep panel sunk in a ceiling, dome, soffit, or vault, often decorated in the centre with a stylized flower or similar embellishment, as on the undersides of Composite and Corinthian cornices. A ceiling, etc., with coffers is said to be coffered, and coffering is an arrangement of coffers.

2. Cavity in a thick wall, pier, etc., filled with rubble and other material, often box-like compartments formed by the facing-stones and cross- or bonding-stones.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cof·fer / ˈkôfər; ˈkäfər/ • n. 1. a strongbox or small chest for holding valuables. ∎ (coffers) the funds or financial reserves of a group or institution: the federal government's empty coffers. 2. a recessed panel in a ceiling. DERIVATIVES: cof·fered adj. (in sense 2).

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coffer

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

coffer XIII. — (O)F. coffre :- L. cophinus basket; see next.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

coffer •chaffer, gaffer, Jaffa, kafir, Staffa •alfalfa, alpha, Balfour, Wadi Halfa •camphor, chamfer •Luftwaffe •laugher, staffer •heifer, zephyr •chafer, trefa, wafer •cockchafer •feoffor, reefer •differ, sniffer •pilfer • titfer • umbellifer • Jennifer •conifer • apocrypha • thurifer •crucifer, Lucifer •Potiphar • aquifer •cipher, encipher, fifer, Haifa, knifer, lifer •coffer, cougher, Offa, offer, proffer, quaffer, scoffer •golfer • phosphor • Forfar • Altdorfer •chauffeur, gofer, goffer, gopher, loafer, Nuku'alofa, Ophir, shofar, sofa •Fraunhofer •hoofer, loofah, opera buffa, roofer, spoofer, tufa, woofer •waterproofer •bluffer, buffer, duffer, puffer, snuffer, suffer •sulphur (US sulfur) • telegrapher •calligrapher, serigrapher •autobiographer, bibliographer, biographer, cartographer, choreographer, cinematographer, crystallographer, geographer, Hagiographa, hagiographer, iconographer, lexicographer, lithographer, oceanographer, palaeographer (US paleographer), photographer, pornographer, radiographer, stenographer, topographer, typographer •philosopher, theosopher •metaphor • Christopher • surfer •Bonhoeffer • windsurfer

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