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View synonyms for treasure house
treasure house
or treasure-house
noun
- a building, room, or chamber used as a storage place for valuables; treasury.
- a place or source where things of value or worth may be found:
Books are the treasure house of ideas.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of treasure house1
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75
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Example Sentences
Iftikhar drew from his bosom a tiny silk bag, and took forth a ring set with a single emerald, worth an emir's treasure house.
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For he was certain that the isolated structure Soriki had pointed out was not the treasure house they had come to loot.
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At last he picked it up and carried it to his treasure-house and covered it over very carefully.
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Enough to say that this treasure-house of art is apt to give the visitor a sense of general splendour on the brain.
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In this literary treasure-house Borrow found facilities for study such as he nowhere else could hope to obtain.
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