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treas·ure [ tréər ]

noun (plural treas·ures)

Definition:

1. jewels and precious objects: wealth, especially in the form of jewels and precious objects, often accumulated or hoarded

2. something valuable: something of great value or worth

3. somebody highly valued: a highly valued or much loved person

an actor considered one of our national treasures

transitive verb (past and past participle treas·ured, present participle treas·ur·ing, 3rd person present singular treas·ures)

Definition:

1. regard somebody or something as valuable: to prize somebody or something as being of great value or worth

treasured the memory of that day

2. accumulate and store something valuable: to accumulate and store something regarded as valuable

[12th century. Via French trésor< Latin thesaurus< Greek thēsauros "treasure"]

treas·ur·a·ble adjective

Cultural Note


	Treasure Island, a novel (1883) by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson. This classic romance recounts young Jim Hawkins's adventures with a treacherous band of pirates searching for lost treasure on a distant island. The book's most memorable character is one-legged pirate Long John Silver, who carries a pet parrot given to shrieking "Pieces of eight!".