coffer
Betekenis (Engels)
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- 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.
Synoniemen
strong box
small box
small chest
firing chamber
gun chamber
reclamation dam
retaining dike
cascet
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈkɒfə/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin.
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