treasure house
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈtrɛʒər haʊs/
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casa del tesoro
- The museum is a famous treasure house filled with ancient artifacts and priceless works of art.
- treasure house museum
It's one of the great treasure houses on earth.
- It's one of the great treasure houses on earth.
Examples
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These well-organized and well-kept treasure houses underscored the recent history of these tragic events.
Academic text (2015) -
No one can blame Iraqis for believing that their museums were modern treasure houses—in a sense, they were.
Academic text (2003) -
It's one of the great treasure houses on earth.
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In The House of Dies Drear, the treasure house offers this connection to the past.
Academic text (2016) -
Now, outside the treasure house of the City, I considered the City's own general survival.
Fiction book (2002) -
And we were running, both of us, light and terrifically fast, toward the shelter of the treasure house.
Fiction book (2002) -
Here, it was said, lay the treasure house of Jehovah... ...great statues of gold, as bright as the sun in this ancient land.
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In Dies Drear, the setting with the most detailed descriptions is the treasure house.
Academic text (2016) -
It suggests a treasure house to me, a place full of riches and surprises.
Fiction book (2001) -
Sabina brought to his studio a treasure house of curios, paintings, and statues, with vague stories as to how they had been acquired.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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4.8
A strong locked room or digital place for keeping valuable things safe
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5.9
A safe place where people keep documents or other valuable items
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3.1
A building where goods are kept for later use
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4.6
A room or building where people keep money and valuable things safe
Antonyms
How Secure
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a place where treasures are stored' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'treasure' (valuable items) with 'house' (a building/place), following normal English compounding patterns. The extension of 'house' to mean any building or repository (as in 'storehouse', 'opera house') is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase treasure house comes from the simple image of a house full of treasure, like a room packed with gold, jewels, or rare books. That's why we use treasure house to mean 'a place that holds many valuable things'.