coffer

Questions about coffer

What does coffer mean?

coffer means "an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coffer?

coffer has 2 syllables: cof-fer. The stress falls on "cof". In IPA it is /ˈkɔfɚ/.

What is another word for coffer?

Close synonyms include caisson, lacunar. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coffer a common word?

coffer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.