treasure : Idioms & Phrases

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treasure chest

  • noun a chest filled with valuables
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Treasure city

  • a city for stores and magazines.
Webster 1913

treasure flower

  • noun decumbent South African perennial with short densely leafy stems and orange flower rays with black eyespots at base
    Gazania rigens.
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treasure house

  • noun a storehouse for treasures
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treasure hunt

  • noun a game in which players try to find hidden articles by using a series of clues
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treasure ship

  • noun a 16th-century ship loaded with treasure
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treasure state

  • noun a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
    MT; Montana.
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treasure trove

  • noun treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth)
    trove.
  • noun any collection of valuables that is discovered
    • her book was a treasure trove of new ideas
    • mother's attic was a treasure trove when we were looking for antiques
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treasure-house

Treas"ure-house` noun
Definitions
  1. A house or building where treasures and stores are kept.
Webster 1913

treasure-trove

Treas"ure-trove` noun
Etymology
Treasure + OF. trové, F. trouvé, p. p. of OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See Trover.
Definitions
  1. (Common Law) Any money, bullion, or the like, found in the earth, or otherwise hidden, the owner of which is not known. In England such treasure belongs to the crown; whereas similar treasure found in the sea, or upon the surface of the land, belongs to the finder if no owner appears.
Webster 1913