/ˈtreʒə/
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Translation
Gold, money and other valuable things, often old and often hidden.
Word origin
From Old French tresor, from Latin thesaurus, from Greek thesauros, a store or treasure house.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- thesauros
- English cognates
- thesaurus
Examples
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"Treasure" is uncountable, so we do not say "a treasure".
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It means gold, coins and other things worth a lot.
treasures .
As a verb, "treasure" means to keep something because it matters to you.
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