treasure

nounprized possession or entity

verbhold dear

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for treasure

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

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

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

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

And when I had recovered them all, even ...

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verb. hold in high regard

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