treasure
treasure is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A great quantity of anything collected for future use; abundance; plenty. We have treasures in the field, of wheat and of barley, and of oil and of honey. Jer. xli.
- 2.3. That which is very much valued. Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me. Ex. xix.
- 3.From thy wardrobe bring thy chiefest treasure. Milton. Treasure city, a city for stores and magazines. Ex. i.
- 4.To collect and deposit, as money or other valuable things, for future use; to lay up; to hoard; usually with up; as, to treasure up gold.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- affectibility
- alive
- aromatic
- chicken
- core
- die
- enthusiastic
- excitability
- excitable
- expressive
- fastidious
- gushing
- have
- heart
- hearted
- highflying
- impassionable
- impressibility
- impressible
- impressionable
- inmost
- lively
- mettlesome
- mobile
- mobility
- moral
- nerve
- pain
- physical
- place
- point
- pour
- quick
- raw
- romantic
- rose
- salt
- sensibility
- sensible
- sensibleness
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is treasure.
- What is a great quantity of anything collected for future use; abundance; plenty. We have treasures in the field, of wheat and of barley, and of oil and of honey. Jer. xli called?
- What is 3. That which is very much valued. Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me. Ex. xix called?
- What is from thy wardrobe bring thy chiefest treasure. Milton. Treasure city, a city for stores and magazines. Ex. i called?
- What is to collect and deposit, as money or other valuable things, for future use; to lay up; to hoard; usually with up; as, to treasure up gold called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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