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Definition of: coffer
(kôf′ər, kof′-) noun
1. A chest or box; strongbox; safe.
2. plural A treasury; financial resources.
3. A decorative, sunk panel in a dome or vault.
4. A canal–lock chamber; a caisson.
—v.t.
1. To place in a coffer.
2. To adorn with coffers, or form in coffers, as a ceiling. [<F coffre <L cophinus. See COFFIN.]
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