Usually means: Decorative sunken panel in ceilings.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. coffer: Merriam-Webster
  2. coffer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. coffer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. coffer: Collins English Dictionary
  5. coffer: Vocabulary.com
  6. Coffer, coffer: Wordnik
  7. coffer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Coffer, coffer: Wiktionary
  9. coffer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. coffer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. coffer: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Coffer, coffer: Dictionary.com
  13. coffer: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Coffer (disambiguation), Coffer (furniture), Coffer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Coffer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. coffer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. coffer: Rhymezone
  18. Coffer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. coffer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. coffer: FreeDictionary.org
  21. coffer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. coffer: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. coffer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. coffer: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. coffer: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. coffer: Legal dictionary

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  1. coffer: Encyclopedia

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Coffer: Easton Bible
  2. Coffer: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coffer: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. coffer: Glossary of Medieval Architecture
  2. Coffer: Dictionary of Military Architecture
  3. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
noun:  (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
noun:  A cofferdam.
noun:  A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
noun:  A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
verb:  (transitive) To put money or valuables in a coffer
verb:  (transitive) To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.
noun:  A surname.

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