Word a Day
treasure
What does treasure mean?
treasure (noun): a collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use treasure in a sentence?
- The trunk held all her meager treasures. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- The children returned from the seashore with their shells and other treasures. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce treasure?
/ˈtɹɛʒɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does treasure come from?
Inherited from Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor (“treasury”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “treasure” mean?
a light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day
Not quite: that's what lunch means.
a collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc
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a three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height
Not quite: that's what volume means.
the amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent
Not quite: that's what degree means.
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