treasure house
noun
variants
or less commonly treasure-house
ˈtre-zhər-ˌhau̇s 
ˈtrā-
1
: a building where treasure is kept : treasury
2
: a place or source (such as a collection) where many things of value can be found
Examples of treasure house in a Sentence
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The viselike setting is spatially difficult, yet culturally rich in opportunities to comment on the treasure house — with its power, prestige, human vanity and folly — just beyond.
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Roberta Smith, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
The artist competes not only with the breathtaking vista of Central Park, framed by a forest of Manhattan luxury towers, but also with the aura of the treasure house downstairs.
—New York Times, 15 Apr. 2021
The former connotes a treasure house of the historically tried and true, while the latter implies the up-to-date.
—Peter Plagens, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2020
Lyric poems are gutted for their arguments, fiction treated as polemic, or a treasure house of epigrams.
—Leo Robson, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
The gallery is closed along with the rest of the Smithsonian's treasure houses, and the Obama portraits are scheduled to go on tour next year.
—Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2020
Their archive is a virtual treasure house of words.
—Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2020
The stolid five-story structure at 220 E. Chicago Ave. was based on the traditional idea of the museum as a temple and treasure house.
—Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2017
Roberta Smith, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
The artist competes not only with the breathtaking vista of Central Park, framed by a forest of Manhattan luxury towers, but also with the aura of the treasure house downstairs.
—New York Times, 15 Apr. 2021
The former connotes a treasure house of the historically tried and true, while the latter implies the up-to-date.
—Peter Plagens, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2020
Lyric poems are gutted for their arguments, fiction treated as polemic, or a treasure house of epigrams.
—Leo Robson, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
The gallery is closed along with the rest of the Smithsonian's treasure houses, and the Obama portraits are scheduled to go on tour next year.
—Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2020
Their archive is a virtual treasure house of words.
—Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2020
The stolid five-story structure at 220 E. Chicago Ave. was based on the traditional idea of the museum as a temple and treasure house.
—Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2017
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“Treasure house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/treasure%20house. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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