Synonyms of the word coffer


COFFERCAISSON - CHEST - LACUNA - PANEL

coffer

  • n. A strongbox: a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
  • n. (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome; a caisson.
  • n. A cofferdam.
  • n. A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
  • n. A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it…
  • v. (transitive) To put money or valuables in a coffer.
  • v. (transitive) To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.

caisson

  • n. (engineering) An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas…
  • n. The gate across the entrance to a dry dock.
  • n. (nautical) A floating tank that can be submerged, attached to an underwater object and then pumped out…
  • n. (military) A two-wheeled, horse-drawn military vehicle used to carry ammunition (and a coffin at funerals).
  • n. (military) A large box to hold ammunition.
  • n. (military) A chest filled with explosive materials, used like a mine.
  • n. (architecture) A coffer.

chest

  • n. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
  • n. (obsolete) A coffin.
  • n. The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
  • n. A chest of drawers.
  • n. (anatomy) The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen;…
  • n. A hit or blow made with one's chest.
  • v. To hit with one's chest (front of one's body).
  • v. (transitive) To deposit in a chest.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To place in a coffin.
  • n. Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.

lacuna

  • n. A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
  • n. An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript…
  • n. (microscopy) A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.
  • n. (translation studies) A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language…

panel

  • n. A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.; (architecture)…
  • n. A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for…
  • n. An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
  • n. (law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally,…
  • n. (law, Scotland) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
  • n. (obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.
  • n. A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
  • n. (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
  • n. (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
  • n. (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
  • n. (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
  • n. (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system…
  • n. (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt…
  • n. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
  • v. to fit with panels.

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