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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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Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2025
The dollars spent by the tourists visiting Cuba have likely gone to the military’s coffers — but the big bet went terribly wrong for the Cuban population.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 25 Nov. 2025
This same story of economic reinvigoration is playing out across the country in dozens of rural counties that have embraced renewable energy projects, delighting taxpayers, enriching county coffers and making previously unaffordable public works projects possible.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 16 Oct. 2025
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Noun
That’s as China and India were eager to snap up cheap Russian oil, keeping the Kremlin’s coffers full and providing revenue for its military.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2025
The dollars spent by the tourists visiting Cuba have likely gone to the military’s coffers — but the big bet went terribly wrong for the Cuban population.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Verb
But just as criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump lined his campaign coffers, the same is likely to occur for Democrats in response to War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s targeting of Kelly.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 25 Nov. 2025
This same story of economic reinvigoration is playing out across the country in dozens of rural counties that have embraced renewable energy projects, delighting taxpayers, enriching county coffers and making previously unaffordable public works projects possible.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Coffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffer. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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