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coffer

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Noun

  1. A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
  2. An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
  3. A cofferdam.
  4. A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
  5. 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

  1. To put money or valuables in a coffer
  2. To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

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