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treasure-house

noun

Definition of treasure-housenext
as in storehouse

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  1. storehouse
  2. repository
  3. armory
Noun
  • Few literary novelists are as obsessed with the past—as a place, an archive, and a storehouse.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Founded in 1537 as a storehouse for Andean gold, it was cut off from the rest of Colombia when the river’s main channel silted over in the early 20th century.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of storehouse
Noun
  • The repository forms a core section of the Vector complex, located about 130 kilometers north of Kyiv and 20 kilometers south of the Belarusian border.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The company, led by Sam Altman, has acknowledged some of those incidents only after third parties publicly reported them, including a recent intrusion into the RubyGems software package repository.
    — Harshita Mary Varghese, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of repository
Noun
  • Now, officers can enjoy the convenience of the new headquarters’ training facilities, including an armory and a 50-yard gun range with shooting targets that can move around and enough space to bring in cars to train for different scenarios.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Nestled in the oldest armory in Maryland is a set of Civil War-era photographs vexing a small team of military historians.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
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“Treasure-house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treasure-house. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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