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: a recessed panel in a vault, ceiling, or soffit
ceiling coffers
coffered; coffering; coffers
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: to store or hoard up in a coffer
coffered his military memorabilia
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: to form (something, such as a ceiling) with recessed panels
A ceiling that is coffered will bring an added dimension to a large room.
Examples of coffer in a Sentence
Noun
kept the jewels in a locked coffer
let me see what's in the household coffers and I'll get back to you about making a donation
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article About 40% of the $7.5 million reported as sitting in Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign coffers isn’t accounted for with finance paperwork, new records obtained by the Daily News show.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
Tyler Cowen, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
The deal excludes mineral resources that are already funding the Ukrainian government coffers, so excludes existing operations of Naftogaz or Ukrnafta, Ukraine's largest gas and oil producers.
—John Feng, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The owner has to claim the funds by 2027, when the money is permanently in the DMV’s coffers.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article About 40% of the $7.5 million reported as sitting in Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign coffers isn’t accounted for with finance paperwork, new records obtained by the Daily News show.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
The $5 million, in contrast, would be deposited in government coffers immediately.
—Tyler Cowen, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
The deal excludes mineral resources that are already funding the Ukrainian government coffers, so excludes existing operations of Naftogaz or Ukrnafta, Ukraine's largest gas and oil producers.
—John Feng, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coffer
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“Coffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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