coffer
Significado de coffer
n.Cofre, caixa-forte.
n.A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.
Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.
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.
The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.
To put into a coffer.
To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.
To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers
caisson, lacuna, panel generic term noun, chest generic term
Vogais: oe
Consoantes: cffr
Palavras Parecidas
cofferer, coiffeur, caffer, chaffer, coffee bar, cover, chaffery, chauffer, coiffure, co-sufferer.
