Treasure /(?)/

Treas·ure

Treasure

n.
  1. Wealth accumulated; especially, a stock, or store of money in reserve.
    This treasure hath fortune unto us given.
  2. 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. 8.
  3. That which is very much valued.
    Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me.
    — Ex. xix. 5.
    From thy wardrobe bring thy chiefest treasure.

Phrases & Compounds

Treasure city
a city for stores and magazines.

Treasure

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Treasured; p. pr. & vb. n. Treasuring

  1. 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.