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  1. treasure-trovenoun

    A treasure found of particularly great value.

  2. treasure-trovenoun

    Silver, gold or money that is found hidden and has no identifiable owner.

Wikipedia

  1. treasure-trove

    A 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. An archaeological find of treasure trove is known as a hoard. 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.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Treasure-trovenoun

    any money, bullion, or the like, found in the earth, or otherwise hidden, the owner of which is not known. In England such treasure belongs to the crown; whereas similar treasure found in the sea, or upon the surface of the land, belongs to the finder if no owner appears

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Treasure-trove

    trezh′ūr-trōv, n. treasure or money found in the earth, the owner unknown. [Treasure and trové, pa.p. of O. Fr. trover, to find.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of treasure-trove in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of treasure-trove in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of treasure-trove in a Sentence

  1. Gordon Noble:

    We are digging in what is essentially the area that the Picts threw their rubbish but this collection of the waste products of their day-to-day lives is a treasure trove to archaeologists, what’s exciting is the level of preservation here. We’ve found animal bone which rarely survives in mainland Scotland because of the acidic soil. We are already getting really nice information about what people ate within the fort and we hope to extract a level of information we’ve not had for Pictish sites before.

  2. Matthiu Lamoure:

    We were overcome with emotion. Probably much like Lord Carrington and Howard Carter, on being the first for centuries to enter Tutankhamun's tomb, it really is a treasure trove. No doubt a once-in-a-lifetime discovery.

  3. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:

    In my treasure trove of memories, it was a zinger.

  4. Jo Royle:

    These marine reserves provide an incredible treasure trove.

  5. Aloo Denish Obiero:

    A book is not just a collection of pages; it's a treasure trove and an archive of endless possibilities.


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