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Synonyms for treasure

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : trezh-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrɛʒ ər

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Définition of treasure

Origin :
  • mid-12c., from Old French tresor "treasury, treasure" (11c.), from Gallo-Romance *tresaurus, from Latin thesaurus "treasury, treasure" (cf. Spanish, Italian tesoro), from Greek thesauros "store, treasure, treasure house" (see thesaurus). Replaced Old English goldhord. General sense of "anything valued" is recorded from c.1200. Treasure hunt is first recorded 1913. For treasure trove, see trove.
  • noun prized possession or entity
  • verb hold dear
Example sentences :
  • Where this treasure is, there, naturally enough, our hearts will be also.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • In other words, they bequeath us a treasure which we are free to enrich with our own discoveries.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • That something hidden away in my nature, like a treasure in a field, is Humility.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • For all that, I know very well what a treasure I possess in Andrew the carpenter.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • And when I had recovered them all, even to the smallest, I took my treasure home.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • Nor would the treasure ever have been found but for a most fortuitous accident.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • And this is how you come to the story of Captain Kidd's treasure box.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • Off he marched with the jewels, and that was the last that the pirate saw of his Indian treasure.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • During this gale, I had a proof of the truth that "where the treasure is, there will the heart be also."
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The rest of his life he would lie at the door of the cave and guard the treasure.
  • Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin

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