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threasure

threasure is the obsolete form of treasure.

Meaning of treasure

Noun

treasure (countable and uncountable, plural treasures)

  1. (literally) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
    • It seems there was a worm that slept upon a pile of treasure, which it had zealously heaped up under a stone bluff.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 39
  2. (countable, figuratively) Anything greatly valued.
    • Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 19:5
    1. (figuratively) A term of endearment.
      • "Hello, Treasure," he said without turning round. For a second she hesitated, standing in the soft light of the lamp, the deep blue of the rug making a background for her, the black fur collar of her coat framing the vivid beauty of her face.1922, Francis Rufus Bellamy, A Flash of Gold
    2. (euphemistic, figuratively, in plural, literary) The female genitals; pudenda.

See all 10 meanings of treasure

Forms of threasure

pluralthreasures

Questions about threasure

What is threasure the obsolete form of?
Threasure is the obsolete form of treasure.

Words near threasure in the dictionary

  1. Threaplands
  2. threaps
  3. threapt
  4. threaric acid
  5. threaric acids
  6. threasure
  7. threasures
  8. threasuries
  9. threasury
  10. threat
  11. threat actor

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