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Meaning of "treasure-trove" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TREASURE-TROVE

From Anglo-French tresor trové treasure found, from Old French tresortreasure + trover to find.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TREASURE-TROVE

treasure-trove play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TREASURE-TROVE

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Treasure-Trove is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TREASURE-TROVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

treasure-trove

Treasure trove

Treasure trove is an amount of money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion found hidden underground or in places such as cellars or attics, where the treasure seems old enough for it to be presumed that the true owner is dead and the heirs undiscoverable. The legal definition of what constitutes treasure trove and its treatment under law vary considerably from country to country, and from era to era. The term is also often used metaphorically. Collections of articles published as a book are often titled Treasure Trove, as in A Treasure Trove of Science. This was especially fashionable for titles of children's books in the early- and mid-20th century.

Definition of treasure-trove in the English dictionary

The definition of treasure-trove in the dictionary is valuable articles, such as coins, bullion, etc, found hidden in the earth or elsewhere and of unknown ownership. Such articles become the property of the Crown, which compensates the finder if the treasure is declared. In 1996 treasure was defined as any item over 300 years old and containing more than 5% precious metal. Other definition of treasure-trove is anything similarly discovered that is of value.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TREASURE-TROVE

treasonous
treasurable
treasure
treasure chest
treasure flower
treasure house
treasure hunt
treasured
treasureless
treasurer
treasurership
treasuries
treasury
Treasury Bench
Treasury bill
treasury bond
treasury certificate
treasury note
Treasury Secretary
treasury tag

WORDS THAT END LIKE TREASURE-TROVE

approve
beech grove
Bromsgrove
disapprove
disprove
drove
grove
improve
lemon grove
mangrove
oak grove
on the improve
orange grove
outstrove
pine grove
prove
rove
strove
test-drove
trove

Synonyms and antonyms of treasure-trove in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «treasure-trove» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TREASURE-TROVE

Find out the translation of treasure-trove to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of treasure-trove from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «treasure-trove» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

宝藏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tesoro
570 millions of speakers

English

treasure-trove
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खजाना निधि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كنز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сокровищница
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tesouro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুপ্তধন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trésor
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

harta karun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fundgrube
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

宝庫
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보물 발견 물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kasugihan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kho báu chứa đầy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புதையல்-புதையலைக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खजिना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

define
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tesoro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skarbnicą
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скарбниця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

comoară
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θησαυρός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skat - skatkis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skattkammare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skatten - trove
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of treasure-trove

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TREASURE-TROVE»

The term «treasure-trove» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.986 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TREASURE-TROVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «treasure-trove» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «treasure-trove» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about treasure-trove

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TREASURE-TROVE»

Discover the use of treasure-trove in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to treasure-trove and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Treasure Trove
Ben finds a bag of gold coins under the floorboards. Mr Garter, the local coin dealer, says they are 18th-century and could be worth a lot of money. But unless they are declared Treasure Trove, Ben may have to give the coins up.
Dick King-Smith, 1998
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A Treasure's Trove: A Fairy Tale about Real Treasure for ...
A fictional story of Zac and Ana, a half-fairy, who live near the Great Forest, but who is kidnapped by the evil Rufus who knows she can communicate with the fairies who have stolen his jewels, with clues to real jewels hidden around the U ...
‎2004
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Official Solution Book to a Treasure's Trove
Provides the solution for finding each of the twelve insect jewels which were hidden in different parts of the country from the clues that were given in the author's previous work "A Treasure's Trove," and profiles the readers who found the ...
‎2005
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A Fairy Tale Treasure Trove
The tales are: Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin & the Magic Lamp, Rip Van Winkle, Cinderella, Hansel & Gretel, Jack & the Beanstalk, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Snow White & the Seven Dwarves and Goldilocks & the Three Bears.
‎2001
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National Geographic Kids Everything Ancient Egypt: Dig Into ...
Discusses the mysteries of ancient Egypt, and includes facts covering treasure, pyramids, mummies, and pharaohs.
Crispin Boyer, 2012
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The One Piece Adventurer: A Treasure Trove of Trivia
In a world of pirates, one man wants to become the greatest of them all: Monkey D. Luffy, who gained strange powers from eating the cursed Gum-Gum Fruit. Luffy and his crew sail the Seven Seas in search of the legendary treasure--One Piece.
Kazuhisa Fujie, 2007
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World Kids Cookout: Celebrates Cultures in a Global Treasure ...
WORLD KIDS COOKOUT celebrates cultures as it takes readers on an international cookout with festive stories, secret recipes, and histories to 31 countries through something we all have in commonholidays, festival celebrations, and eating!
Lynn Manning Ross, 2004
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Hide & Seek Melbourne: Treasure Trove
HIde & Seek Melbourne: Treasure Trove reveals Melbourne's eclectic treasure trove of stores.
Explore Australia Publishing, 2011
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The Treasure-Trove Tales at the Gazebo
She is the oldest of five children. Her large and loving family inspired this novel, and she looks forward to continuing her passion for sharing stories in the future.
Katelyn Emily, 2009
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100 Puzzles, Clues, Maps, Tantalizing Tales, and Stories of ...
Presents a book of clues, illusions, and ciphers, some of which have been used on past treasure hunts and all of which are related in some way to clues contained in the author's work "A Treasure Trove."
Michael Stadther, 2005

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TREASURE-TROVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term treasure-trove is used in the context of the following news items.
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Secrets of the bin Laden treasure-trove
Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of ... «CNN, May 15»
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'Treasure-trove' of evidence promised in Kaufman killings
Wirskye told jurors that the McLellands died in “a torrent of lead,” and that after he presents a “treasure trove” of evidence, he, too, will stand before them and ask ... «Dallas Morning News, Dec 14»
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A treasure-trove beyond words
I joined the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School in 1981. On the day after I moved to Hyde Park, a young English professor told me, in hushed tones, ... «Chicago Tribune, Sep 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Treasure-Trove [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/treasure-trove>. May 2024 ».
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