coffer
Lockbox for valuables
A coffer is a strongbox or chest for storing valuables, especially money.
In the plural, coffers refers to an organization's financial reserves: The scandal drained the company's coffers.
In architecture, a coffer is a recessed panel in a ceiling or dome, typically square or octagonal, creating a grid pattern: The coffered ceiling of the Pantheon.
Ribcage region or strongbox
- boxLidded storage container
- trunkMain stem or storage
- strongboxSecured container for valuables
- casketBurial container
receptacle · repository · storage · lockbox · money chest · treasure chest · wooden · hinged
Available financial resources
- exchequerGovernment financial reserves
- revenueBusiness income total
- reservesResources held back
- war chestAccumulated resources for conflict
treasury · wealth · capital · fiscal · budget · endowment · public funds · crown
Room's upper surface
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
- basilicaColonnaded church with apse
- cathedralBishop's principal church
apse · nave · vaulting · rotunda · soffit · compartment · recessed · paneled
Carved stone burial container
- ossuaryReceptacle for skeletal remains
- cistAncient stone burial box
- reliquaryContainer for sacred remains
- funeraryOf burial rites
tomb · crypt · sepulcher · mausoleum · remains · interment · ancient · roman
Watertight underwater enclosure
- constructionProcess of building something
- underwaterBelow the surface
- dry dockDrained vessel repair enclosure
- excavationAct of unearthing
dewatering · temporary · enclosure · waterproof · pumping · engineering · foundation · bridge
chest
Ribcage region or strongbox
casket · receptacle · repository · storage · lockbox · money chest · treasure chest · wooden · hinged · lid
funds
Available financial resources
war chest · treasury · wealth · capital · fiscal · budget · endowment · public funds · crown · royal
ceiling
Room's upper surface
cathedral · apse · nave · vaulting · rotunda · soffit · compartment · recessed · paneled · grid
sarcophagus
Carved stone burial container
- ossuaryReceptacle for skeletal remains
- cistAncient stone burial box
- reliquaryContainer for sacred remains
funerary · tomb · crypt · sepulcher · mausoleum · remains · interment · ancient · roman · stone
caisson
Watertight underwater enclosure
- constructionProcess of building something
- underwaterBelow the surface
- dry dockDrained vessel repair enclosure
excavation · dewatering · temporary · enclosure · waterproof · pumping · engineering · foundation · bridge · pier
- cheststreasure chest, toy chest, hope chest, cedar chest, blanket chest
- money holderswallet, purse, coin purse, change purse, money clip
- royal treasurescrown jewels, imperial crown, royal regalia, imperial regalia, regalia
- secure containerssafe, vault door, lockbox, cash box, strongbox
- storage containersbin, basket, chest, crate, totes
- ancient furnishingsbed, table, chair, bench, stool
cofferdebts
Sums owed to others
liabilities · indebtedness · obligations · deficit · arrears
- final nail in the coffinLast act ensuring failure
- nail in coffinFinal contributing setback
- coffin nailsMorbid cigarette slang
- last nail in the coffinUltimate cause of failure
- glass coffinTransparent burial container
- tiny coffin