Definitions for treasure

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treasure treas·ure

Spelling: [trezh-er]

IPA: /ˈtrɛʒ ər/

Treasure is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 240 anagrams from letters in treasure (aeerrstu).

Definitions for treasure

noun

1. wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
2. wealth, rich materials, or valuable things.
3. any thing or person greatly valued or highly prized:

verb (used with object)

1. to retain carefully or keep in store, as in the mind.
2. to regard or treat as precious; cherish.
3. to put away for security or future use, as money.

Origin of treasure

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

Examples for treasure

For all that, I know very well what a treasure I possess in Andrew the carpenter.

All Americans were included because the huzzahs focused on a treasure said to be held by every citizen: Liberty.

After Blumenfeld died his family feuded over his treasure trove of pictures and negatives.

Where this treasure is, there, naturally enough, our hearts will be also.

That something hidden away in my nature, like a treasure in a field, is Humility.

Storage containers hold a treasure trove of mascara, lipstick, blush, and other makeup.

In the special, Workman plays the old man who, as a cabin boy, watched the pirates bury their treasure.

And when I had recovered them all, even to the smallest, I took my treasure home.

Going to the library was like a treasure hunt, an expedition.

In other words, they bequeath us a treasure which we are free to enrich with our own discoveries.