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lacunar

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la⋅cu⋅nar

  [luh-kyoo-ner] noun, plural la⋅cu⋅nars, lac⋅u⋅nar⋅i⋅a  [lak-yuh-nair-ee-uh] , adjective
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–noun
1. Architecture.
a. a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.
b. coffer (def. 4).
–adjective
2. lacunal.
Origin:
1690–1700; lacun(a) + -ar 1

cof⋅fer

  [kaw-fer, kof-er]
–noun
1. a box or chest, esp. one for valuables.
2. coffers, a treasury; funds: The coffers of the organization were rapidly filled by the contributions.
3. any of various boxlike enclosures, as a cofferdam.
4. Also called caisson, lacunar. Architecture. one of a number of sunken panels, usually square or octagonal, in a vault, ceiling, or soffit.
–verb (used with object)
5. to deposit or lay up in or as in a coffer or chest.
6. to ornament with coffers or sunken panels.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME cofre < OF ≪ L cophinus basket; see coffin

Related forms:
cof⋅fer⋅like, adjective
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la·cu·nar   (lə-kyōō'nər)   
n.  

  1. A ceiling constructed with recessed panels.

  2. pl. lac·u·nar·i·a (lāk'yə-nâr'ē-ə) A recessed panel in such a ceiling.


[Latin lacūnar, from lacūna, hole; see lagoon.]
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Word Origin & History

coffer 
c.1250, from O.Fr. cofre "a chest," from L. cophinus "basket" (see coffin).
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Medical Dictionary

lacunar la·cu·nar (lə-ky&oomacr;'nər)
adj.

  1. Of or relating to a lacuna; lacunal.

  2. Of or relating to a temporary absence of manifestation of a symptom.

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