treasure

treasure
trea|sure1 [ˈtreʒə US -ər] n
[Date: 1100-1200; : Old French; Origin: tresor, from Latin thesaurus, from Greek thesauros]
1.) [U]
a group of valuable things such as gold, silver, jewels etc
buried/hidden/sunken treasure
2.)
a very valuable and important object such as a painting or ancient document
The Book of Kells is Trinity College's greatest treasure.
3.) [singular] informal
someone who is very useful or important to you
Our housekeeper is a real treasure.
treasure 2
treasure2 v [T]
to keep and care for something that is very special, important, or valuable to you
Jim treasured the gold pocket watch that his grandfather had given him.
>treasured adj [only before noun]
A battered old guitar was his most treasured possession .

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