Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

treasure

Syllabification: (treas·ure)
Pronunciation: /ˈtreZHər/
Translate treasure | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of treasure

noun

  • a quantity of precious metals, gems, or other valuable objects.
  • a very valuable object:she set out to look at the art treasures
  • informal a person whom the speaker loves or who is valued for the assistance they can give:the housekeeper is a real treasure—I don’t know what he would do without her

verb

[with object]
  • keep carefully (a valuable or valued item).
  • value highly:the island is treasured by walkers and conservationists (as adjective treasured)his library was his most treasured possession

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French tresor, based on Greek thēsauros (see thesaurus)

treasure in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of treasure in the British & World English dictionary
  |  Cite

Word of the day

enjambement

/ ɪnˈdʒam(b)m(ə)nt /
noun
(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause …