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# coffer

noun (plural coffers)

«coffer» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A coffer is a large, strong chest or box with a lid, used to keep money, gold or treasure safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffer/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a coffer holds treasure, and the hero is told not to open it until he is home.

### Examples

- The pirates lifted the heavy coffer onto the cart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffer/#x1)
- Mum keeps the family's old letters in a wooden coffer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffer/#x2)
- Don't open the coffer until you get home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffer/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

A box or chest, here the small box the Philistines used to send gold gifts back with the Ark.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads this as the Philistines' offering to honor the God of Israel after the plague, when they returned the Ark.

### Examples

- And they put the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. (Prophets 1SA.6.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/coffer/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «coffer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«coffer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/coffer.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «coffer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/coffer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«coffer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/coffer.html) on Mova free.