"coffer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒfə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɔfɚ/ [US], /ˈkɑfɚ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-us-coffer.ogg Forms: coffers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒfə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cofre}} Middle English cofre, {{der|en|fro|cofre|cofre, coffre|}} Old French cofre, coffre, {{der|en|la|cophinus||basket}} Latin cophinus (“basket”), {{der|en|grc|κόφινος||basket}} Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”), {{doublet|en|coffin}} Doublet of coffin Head templates: {{en-noun}} coffer (plural coffers)
  1. A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe. Synonyms: strongbox Translations (strongbox): χηλός (khēlós) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ῥίσκος (rhískos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), خَزْنَة حَدِيدِيَّة (ḵazna ḥadīdiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), خَزْنَة (ḵazna) [feminine] (Arabic), خزانة (ḵazāna) [feminine] (Arabic), تجوري (tijūri) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), خزانة (ḵazāne) [South-Levantine-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), һандыҡ (handıq) (Bashkir), каса (kasa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), сейф (sejf) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cofre [masculine] (Catalan), 保險箱 (Chinese Mandarin), 保险箱 (bǎoxiǎnxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), kasa [feminine] (Czech), pokladna [feminine] (Czech), koffer [masculine] (Dutch), kassa-arkku (Finnish), kassalipas (Finnish), coffre [masculine] (French), cofre [masculine] (Galician), Kassette [feminine] (German), Geldkassette [feminine] (German), Tresor [masculine] (German), Schatztruhe [feminine] (German), Truhe [feminine] (German), Kiste [feminine] (German), Kasten [masculine] (German), σεντούκι (sentoúki) [neuter] (Greek), κασέλα (kaséla) [feminine] (Greek), μπαούλο (baoúlo) [neuter] (Greek), χρηματοκιβώτιο (chrimatokivótio) [neuter] (Greek), cofano [masculine] (Italian), cofanetto [masculine] (Italian), scrigno [masculine] (Italian), forziere [masculine] (Italian), arca [feminine] (Latin), coffyn (Middle English), cofre (Middle English), صندوق (sanduk, sandık) (Ottoman Turkish), szkatuła [feminine] (Polish), szkatułka [feminine] (Polish), cofre [masculine] (Portuguese), сунду́к (sundúk) [masculine] (Russian), сейф (sejf) (english: safe) [masculine] (Russian), cofre [masculine] (Spanish), sandık (Turkish), kutu (Turkish), kasa (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-coffer-en-noun-1ZfjXiPE Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 3 1 4 28 24 13 Disambiguation of 'strongbox': 69 1 2 1 28
  2. (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome. Categories (topical): Architectural elements Synonyms: caisson Translations (architecture: ornamental sunken panel): καλαθίσκος (kalathískos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), касе́та (kaséta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cassetó [masculine] (Catalan), kazeta [feminine] (Czech), kassette [common-gender] (Danish), cassette [feminine] (Dutch), kasetti (Finnish), caisson [masculine] (French), casetón [masculine] (Galician), artesón [masculine] (Galician), Kassetten [feminine, plural] (German), Kassette [feminine] (German), kazetta (Hungarian), cassettone [masculine] (Italian), kaseton [masculine] (Polish), caixotão [masculine] (Portuguese), casetón [masculine] (Spanish), kassett [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-coffer-en-noun-Pjk2rWMS Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'architecture: ornamental sunken panel': 2 84 4 3 7
  3. A cofferdam.
    Sense id: en-coffer-en-noun-BqjnSjPl
  4. A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization. Translations (supply or store of money): хазна (hazna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), arques [feminine, plural] (Catalan), kasa [feminine] (Czech), kassa (Finnish), Kasse [feminine] (German), ταμείο (tameío) [neuter] (Greek), κορβανάς (korvanás) [masculine] (Greek), kaso (Ido), cofre (Middle English), казна́ (kazná) [feminine] (Russian), arcas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-coffer-en-noun-eKkY-Q96 Disambiguation of 'supply or store of money': 7 2 1 86 4
  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.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: copher [obsolete], cophre [obsolete] Derived forms: coffer dam, coffered ceiling, cofferer, cofferfish, coffer illusion, cofferlike, cofferwork

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒfə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɔfɚ/ [US], /ˈkɑfɚ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-us-coffer.ogg Forms: coffers [present, singular, third-person], coffering [participle, present], coffered [participle, past], coffered [past]
Rhymes: -ɒfə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cofre}} Middle English cofre, {{der|en|fro|cofre|cofre, coffre|}} Old French cofre, coffre, {{der|en|la|cophinus||basket}} Latin cophinus (“basket”), {{der|en|grc|κόφινος||basket}} Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”), {{doublet|en|coffin}} Doublet of coffin Head templates: {{en-verb}} coffer (third-person singular simple present coffers, present participle coffering, simple past and past participle coffered)
  1. (transitive) To put money or valuables in a coffer Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-coffer-en-verb-tCEoVk96 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 3 1 4 28 24 13
  2. (transitive) To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-coffer-en-verb-6ygwGrur Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 3 1 4 28 24 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: copher [obsolete], cophre [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "\"There is nothing in that,\" said Guido, \"but a genealogy of the Carraras, drawn up by my grandfather. We have kept this little ebony coffer for the sake of its curious carving. The marriage of Cana is beautifully wrought on its lid.\"",
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          "roman": "baoúlo",
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          "roman": "chrimatokivótio",
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          "roman": "rhískos",
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          "word": "ῥίσκος"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "strongbox",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "strongbox",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cofanetto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 1 2 1 28",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "strongbox",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "scrigno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 1 2 1 28",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "strongbox",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "forziere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 1 2 1 28",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "strongbox",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "arca"
        },
        {
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          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "strongbox",
          "word": "coffyn"
        },
        {
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          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "strongbox",
          "word": "cofre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 1 2 1 28",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "sanduk, sandık",
          "sense": "strongbox",
          "word": "صندوق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 1 2 1 28",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "strongbox",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "szkatuła"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 1 2 1 28",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "strongbox",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "szkatułka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 1 2 1 28",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "strongbox",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cofre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 1 2 1 28",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sundúk",
          "sense": "strongbox",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сунду́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 1 2 1 28",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "safe",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sejf",
          "sense": "strongbox",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сейф"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 1 2 1 28",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "strongbox",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cofre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 1 2 1 28",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "strongbox",
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    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Middle English translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations"
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    {
      "word": "coffer dam"
    },
    {
      "word": "coffered ceiling"
    },
    {
      "word": "cofferer"
    },
    {
      "word": "cofferfish"
    },
    {
      "word": "coffer illusion"
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
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        "4": "cofre, coffre",
        "5": ""
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "cophinus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "basket"
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κόφινος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "basket"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "coffin"
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 163:",
          "text": "\"There is nothing in that,\" said Guido, \"but a genealogy of the Carraras, drawn up by my grandfather. We have kept this little ebony coffer for the sake of its curious carving. The marriage of Cana is beautifully wrought on its lid.\"",
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          "word": "strongbox"
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 135:",
          "text": "Prolapsed and waterstained ceiling, the sagging coffers.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome."
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        {
          "word": "caisson"
        }
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      "glosses": [
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        {
          "text": "c. 1610–1620 (written), 1661 (first published), Francis Bacon, Letter of Advice to the Duke of Buckingham\nHe would discharge it without any great burden to the queen's coffers."
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:",
          "text": "Hold, there is half my coffer.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 26:",
          "text": "The coffers were empty, and the first thing to be done was to devise some means by which we could raise a revenue.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization."
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      "glosses": [
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ḵazna ḥadīdiyya",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "خَزْنَة حَدِيدِيَّة"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "strongbox",
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      "code": "ba",
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      "roman": "handıq",
      "sense": "strongbox",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "kasa",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "каса"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sejf",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сейф"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cofre"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "word": "保險箱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎoxiǎnxiāng",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "word": "保险箱"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pokladna"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koffer"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "word": "kassa-arkku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "word": "kassalipas"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "coffre"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Kassette"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Geldkassette"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tresor"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schatztruhe"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Truhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kasten"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sentoúki",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σεντούκι"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "kaséla",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κασέλα"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "baoúlo",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μπαούλο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chrimatokivótio",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "χρηματοκιβώτιο"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khēlós",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "χηλός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "rhískos",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ῥίσκος"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cofano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cofanetto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scrigno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forziere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arca"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "word": "coffyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "word": "cofre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sanduk, sandık",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "word": "صندوق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szkatuła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szkatułka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cofre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sundúk",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сунду́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "safe",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sejf",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сейф"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cofre"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "word": "sandık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "word": "kutu"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "strongbox",
      "word": "kasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kaséta",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "касе́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
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      ],
      "word": "cassetó"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "caisson"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "casetón"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "artesón"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Kassette"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kalathískos",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "καλαθίσκος"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "word": "kazetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cassettone"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaseton"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caixotão"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "casetón"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "kassett"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hazna",
      "sense": "supply or store of money",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хазна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "supply or store of money",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "word": "arques"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "supply or store of money",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "supply or store of money",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Kasse"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "tameío",
      "sense": "supply or store of money",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ταμείο"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "korvanás",
      "sense": "supply or store of money",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "κορβανάς"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "supply or store of money",
      "word": "kaso"
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      "code": "enm",
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      "word": "cofre"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kazná",
      "sense": "supply or store of money",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "казна́"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "supply or store of money",
      "word": "arcas"
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}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "cofre"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English cofre",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "cofre",
        "4": "cofre, coffre",
        "5": ""
      },
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cophinus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "basket"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κόφινος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "basket"
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "coffin"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of coffin",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "coffers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coffering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coffered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "coffered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "coffer (third-person singular simple present coffers, present participle coffering, simple past and past participle coffered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put money or valuables in a coffer"
      ],
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        "(transitive) To put money or valuables in a coffer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coffers",
          "coffers"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɒfə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔfɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-us-coffer.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑfɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cougher"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒfə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "copher"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "cophre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "coffer"
}

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