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coffered

/ˈkɒfəd/

coffered adjective: having coffers. Also the simple past and past participle of coffer.

Adjective

coffered

  1. Having coffers.
    • coffered ceiling
    • […] stirred by the air / That freshened from the window, these ascended ⁠/ In fattening the prolonged candle-flames, / Flung their smoke into the laquearia, / Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling.1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part II. A Game of Chess.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 18

Also used as

coffered is also the simple past and past participle of coffer.

Words formed from coffered

Questions about coffered

What does coffered mean?
Coffered means having coffers.
What part of speech is coffered?
Coffered is an adjective.
How do you pronounce coffered?
Coffered is pronounced /ˈkɒfəd/.

Words near coffered in the dictionary

  1. coffer illusions
  2. coffer-dam
  3. coffer-dams
  4. cofferdam
  5. cofferdams
  6. coffered
  7. cofferer
  8. cofferers
  9. cofferfish
  10. cofferfishes
  11. cofferies

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