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treasure
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[ noun ] accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
Synonyms Examples "the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)Dr._H._V._Hilprecht , Professor of Assyrian at the University_of_Pennsylvania , dreamed that a Babylonian priest , associated with the king Kurigalzu , ( 1300 B.C. . ) escorted him to the treasure chamber of the temple of Bel , gave him six novel points of information about a certain broken relic , and corrected an error in its identification . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)They went to the Flea_Market , expecting to find the treasures of Europe , and found instead a duplication of that long double row of booths in Tours . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a collection of precious things
Examples "the trunk held all her meager treasures" Used in print (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)He looked thoughtfully at his wife 's trunk , holding her meager treasures . Related terms |
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[ noun ] any possession that is highly valued by its owner
Examples "the children returned from the seashore with their shells and other treasures" Related terms |
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[ verb ] hold dear
Synonyms Examples "I prize these old photographs" Used in print (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Will his words come to be treasured and quoted through the years ? Related terms |
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