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noun

wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.

wealth, rich materials, or valuable things.

any thing or person greatly valued or highly prized: This book was his chief treasure.

verb (used with object)

to retain carefully or keep in store, as in the mind.

to regard or treat as precious; cherish.

to put away for security or future use, as money.

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Origin:
1125–75; (noun) Middle English tresor < Old French < Latin thēsaurus storehouse, hoard (see thesaurus); (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun

Related forms

treas·ur·a·ble, adjective

treas·ure·less, adjective

un·treas·ur·a·ble, adjective

un·treas·ured, adjective

Synonyms
1, 6. hoard. 5. value, esteem.

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McClung had come upon the wreck, a second group of treasure hunters disputed his find.

In fact, not to do so amounts to squandering a great national treasure.

But, sadly for those who treasure these curiosities, they seem to be dying out.

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McClung had come upon the wreck, a second group of treasure hunters disputed his find.

In fact, not to do so amounts to squandering a great national treasure.

But, sadly for those who treasure these curiosities, they seem to be dying out.

Take the treasure hunting quiz, an interactive game on travel trivia.

Natural compounds have proven to be a treasure trove of medicinal properties.

Get your own copy of this recently conserved treasure.

They move purposefully along the beach, captivating young onlookers with the promise of magical treasure.

Brandon says that she herself has had to use some treasure to barter.

The real treasure trove was to be found in the students' innovations.

It proposed a sovereign-wealth fund in which to house the treasure.

Movie mummies are known for two things: fabulous riches and a nasty curse that brings treasure hunters to a bad end.

In the end, all the hard-won scientific treasure could help solve key mysteries.

But in a few caves the conditions were ideal for formation of a different kind of treasure.

It's a world full of wonder and excitement and treasure.

Still, moms and dads surely aren't the only ones deserving of such a treasure.

The president-elect was chosen to stop wasting blood and treasure on foreign wars and start fixing what's broken at home.

For thousands of years this sea treasure has been highly prized.

Of course, treasure hunters aren't interested in tugboats.

The whole fun of the project was the hunt for buried treasure.

Deep under the ocean's surface lies a treasure trove of new life forms, fuel sources and knowledge.

Geocaching, for those who might not know, is an outdoor activity best described as a treasure hunt.

If you don't value faculty members and treasure time spent with them, don't become a dean.

After a bit of sketching, she made a decision and as a result was able to find the treasure in her first attempt at digging.

The program will be complemented by an interactive treasure hunt that integrates puzzles into the show's content.

His lack of any real discovery is perplexing in a book that purports to be about a veritable maritime treasure hunt.

It's always fun to chip away at dirt/clay/rock to find some sort of treasure inside.

To their great delight, the fortress is full of treasure.

One more giant complex, one more adventure filled with a lot of hard-core combat, and some really excellent treasure.

They then create their own online art treasure hunts based on a specific theme.

To its fans, it is a laudable effort by a publicly minded company to unlock a treasure trove of hidden knowledge.

Stepping off the road near the rise of a small ridge, they dug a pit and buried a stash of treasure in the ground.

Scientists have discovered that the pulp inside deciduous teeth is a treasure trove of fast-growing stem cells.

They maintain a web site that is a treasure trove of advising information and resources.

Imagine finding over five million dollars' worth of buried treasure in a farmer's field.

From cigarette pack insert to multi-million-dollar treasure.

The program will be complemented by an interactive treasure.

One person's trash is, after all, another person's treasure.

Lego became a national treasure and one of the strongest brands in the toy industry.

Try to find treasure in this hands-on excavation experience.

Istanbul is a treasure trove of history still being uncovered.

Germany, the great lord in town, does not want to spend more treasure saving its neighbours.

Some accounts claim that the great baochuan, or treasure ships, had nine.

As you wander around the kingdoms picking fights and looking for treasure and keys, you'll occasionally be attacked by a dragon.

The fact that its occupation of a treasure house keeps the public out is a trickier subject.

Examine the underbelly of the gold trade with a treasure hunter and an illegal miner.

How this mask attained treasure status in the first place is a tale of another sort.

The object of the game is to advance your piece through a maze to find a specific set of treasure.

Those that want to wade thru the swamp to find hidden treasure can do.

Austin boasts a treasure trove of talented women singer-songwriters.

The salt men have proven to be scientific treasure troves, due to their advanced state of preservation.

With all our other needs this whole worry is a black hole for our treasure with no consequential payback.

Apparently the fruit's sweet, creamy center is a treasure worth pursuing if you can bear the stink and get past the spiky husk.

Now, the city is trying to rescue an even greater treasure from its past.

When some enterprising company finds a treasure trove of minerals or resources off.

And here is a beautifully crafted wooden box, its dovetail construction giving it the look of a treasure chest.

He told me that he had come into possession of an old treasure map.

Coal and nuclear energy sources violate the fundamental aspects of one groups waste another's treasure.

Magazines cannot present all the new knowledge becoming available, although the magazine is a treasure.

There is treasure in every room, except for the starting point.

On eBay, one man's trash has always been another man's treasure.

The backs of both the treasure and door cards are pictured below.

They are scurvy treasure hunting, wench wrangling, sword swinging ninja killers.

Get a bunch of treasure early on and you can use all your actions to run for the exit, but you'll be running more slowly.

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World English Dictionary

treasure (ˈtrɛʒə)

—n
1.	wealth and riches, usually hoarded, esp in the form of money, precious metals, or gems
2.	a thing or person that is highly prized or valued

—vb
3.	to prize highly as valuable, rare, or costly
4.	to store up and save; hoard

[C12: from Old French tresor, from Latin thēsaurus anything hoarded, from Greek thēsauros]

'treasurable

—*adj*

'treasureless

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

treasure

mid-12c., from O.Fr. tresor "treasury, treasure" (11c.), from Gallo-Romance *tresaurus, from L. thesaurus "treasury, treasure" (cf. Sp., It. tesoro), from Gk. thesauros "store, treasure, treasure house" (see thesaurus). Replaced O.E. goldhord. General sense of "anything

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valued" is recorded from c.1200. The verb is attested from late 14c. Treasure hunt is first recorded 1913. For treasure trove, see trove.

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