Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
the Fourth Week of Lent
There are 18 days til Easter!
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Coffer

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Prev Entry
Coffeeroom
Next Entry
Cofferdam
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

(1):

(n.) Fig.: Treasure or funds; - usually in the plural.

(2):

(n.) A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.

(3):

(n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.

(4):

(n.) 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.

(5):

(n.) The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.

(6):

(v. t.) To put into a coffer.

(7):

(v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.

(8):

(v. t.) To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Coffer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/coffer.html. 1828.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile