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buried treasures

buried treasures is the plural of buried treasure.

Meaning of buried treasure

Noun

buried treasure (countable and uncountable, plural buried treasures)

  1. (idiomatic) Something valuable that is concealed for a long time and then rediscovered.
    • Hastings draws on her own experience of overcoming writing blocks as a college student to support her belief that anyone can learn to write well. "The trick is to find buried treasure in our work," she said. Her own teachers in junior and senior high school, didn't critique her writing, said...2005 May 24, Foss Farrar, “Hastings found buried treasure in students' work”, in Arkansas City Traveler
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see buried, treasure.
    • The buried treasure from the shipwreck was found yesterday.

Questions about buried treasures

What is buried treasures the plural of?
Buried treasures is the plural of buried treasure.

Words near buried treasures in the dictionary

  1. buried penis
  2. buried the hatchet
  3. buried the lead
  4. buried the lede
  5. buried treasure
  6. buried treasures
  7. buried valley
  8. buried valleys
  9. Burien
  10. burier
  11. buriers

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