treasurenoun
uk/ˈtreʒ.ər/us/ˈtreʒ.ɚ/treasure noun (VALUABLE THINGS)
B2 [ U ] very valuable things, usually in the form of a store of precious metals, precious stones, or money:
very valuable things, especially pieces of art:
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- Talk of treasure and lost cities had fired their imaginations.
- X marks the spot where the treasure is buried.
- He goes round fields and beaches with his metal detector, hoping to find buried treasure.
- They're diving for sunken treasure.
- The three men went to the Bahamas, on the trail of a sunken 17th-century galleon full of treasure.
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Jewellery
- badge
- bead
- beaded
- bindi
- bling
- charm bracelet
- choker
- clip-on
- coronet
- crown
- filigree
- fob
- knuckleduster
- paste
- pearl
- precious stone
- semiprecious
- tiepin
- trinket
- wedding ring
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treasure noun (PERSON)
[ C ] mainly UK informal someone who is very helpful and valuable to you:
[ C ] mainly UK old-fashioned informal a friendly way of talking to someone, especially a child:
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People having good qualities
- advertisement
- altruism
- angel
- be the salt of the earth idiom
- brick
- bunch
- dear
- enchant
- enchantress
- gem
- jewel
- not be as black as you are painted idiom
- paragon
- poppet
- rough diamond
- saint
- salt
- softie
- sweetheart
- sweetie
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treasureverb [ T ]
uk/ˈtreʒ.ər/us/ˈtreʒ.ɚ/C2 to take great care of something because you love it or consider it very valuable:
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Loving and in love
- absence
- absence makes the heart grow fonder idiom
- adoring
- affection
- apple
- carry
- dear
- fondly
- have (got) it bad idiom
- head over heels (in love) idiom
- infatuated
- infatuation
- lose
- puppy love
- romance
- romantic
- serious
- smitten
- stuck
- sweep sb off their feet idiom
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