treasure house
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English tresour-hous, equivalent to treasure + house.
Noun[edit]
treasure house (plural treasure houses)
- A treasury.
- A building where valuable things are stored.
- 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341:
- Much of this work of renewal or maintenance, found its way into the works via the outdoor department, and constituted a veritable treasure house of experience in all classes of plant and machinery.