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Dowerchest vs Coffer - What's the difference?

dowerchest | coffer |

As a noun coffer is

a strongbox: a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.

As a verb coffer is

to put money or valuables in a coffer.

dowerchest

Not English

Dowerchest has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'dowerchest':

drowsiest, dressiest, druggiest, draggiest

coffer

English

Alternative forms

* copher (obsolete) * cophre (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A strongbox: a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
  • (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome; a caisson.
  • * 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.135:
    • Prolapsed and waterstained ceiling, the sagging coffers .
  • A cofferdam.
  • A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • He would discharge it without any burden to the queen's coffers .
  • * Shakespeare
    • Hold, here is half my coffer .
  • A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put money or valuables in a coffer
  • To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.

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