coffer 音标拼音: [k'ɔfɚ]
n . 保险箱,金库潜水箱
vt . 装箱
保险箱,金库潜水箱装箱
coffer n 1 :
an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [
synonym :
{
coffer }, {
caisson }, {
lacuna }]
2 :
a chest especially for storing valuables Coffer \
Cof "
fer \ (?;
115 ),
n . [
OF .
cofre ,
F .
coffre ,
L .
cophinus basket ,
fr .
Gr . ?.
Cf . {
Coffin },
n .]
1 .
A casket ,
chest ,
or trunk ;
especially ,
one used for keeping money or other valuables . --
Chaucer .
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In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns . --
Shak .
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2 .
Fig .:
Treasure or funds ; --
usually in the plural .
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He would discharge it without any burden to the queen '
s coffers ,
for honor sake . --
Bacon .
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Hold ,
here is half my coffer . --
Shak .
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3 . (
Arch .)
A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault ,
dome ,
or portico ;
a caisson .
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4 . (
Fort .)
A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat ,
and extending across it ,
to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire .
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5 .
The chamber of a canal lock ;
also ,
a caisson or a cofferdam .
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{
Coffer dam }. (
Engin .)
See {
Cofferdam },
in the Vocabulary .
{
Coffer fish }. (
Zool .)
See {
Cowfish }.
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Coffer \
Cof "
fer \,
v .
t .
1 .
To put into a coffer . --
Bacon .
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2 . (
Mining .)
To secure from leaking ,
as a shaft ,
by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering . --
Raymond .
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3 .
To form with or in a coffer or coffers ;
to furnish with a coffer or coffers .
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54 Moby Thesaurus words for "
coffer ":
Fort Knox ,
bank ,
bundle away ,
bursary ,
cache ,
cash register ,
cashbox ,
chest ,
coin box ,
deposit ,
depository ,
exchequer ,
file ,
fisc ,
gold depository ,
hutch ,
lay away ,
lay down ,
lay in ,
lay in store ,
locker ,
lodge ,
money chest ,
pack away ,
penny bank ,
piggy bank ,
pork barrel ,
public crib ,
public till ,
public treasury ,
public trough ,
put away ,
reposit ,
repository ,
reservoir ,
safe ,
safe -
deposit box ,
salt away ,
salt down ,
stash ,
store ,
store away ,
storehouse ,
stow ,
stow away ,
stow down ,
strong room ,
strongbox ,
subtreasury ,
till ,
treasure -
house ,
treasury ,
vault ,
warehouse
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