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Look up: treasure

  1. treasure
    [n] - accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc. 2. [n] - any possession that is highly valued by its owner 3. [n] - a collection of precious things
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. treasure
    noun a collection of precious things; `the trunk held all her meager treasures`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  3. treasure
    hoarded wealth noun accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.; `the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  4. treasure
    noun art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Treasure
    Schatz, the German word for treasure, was already used by early Germanic peoples for a struck piece of money in circulation. Like the English word treasure, the word Schatz is generally used for an accumulation of money or merchandise (valuable jewellery, etc.). Its figurative meaning occurs in mein liebster Schatz ('my treasure'): the person one t ...
    Found on http://www.austrian-mint.com/5

  6. Treasure
    `Treasure` is a concentration of riches, often one which is considered lost or forgotten until being rediscovered. Some jurisdictions legally define what constitutes treasure (such as in the English Treasure Act 1996). The phrase `blood and treasure` or `lives and treasure` has been used to refer to the human and monetary costs associated with various (usually state-initiated) endeavours such as space exploration or war.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure

  7. Treasure
    • (n.) That which is very much valued. • (v. t.) To collect and deposit, as money or other valuable things, for future use; to lay up; to hoard; usually with up; as, to treasure up gold. • (n.) Wealth accumulated; especially, a stock, or store of money in reserve. • (n.) A great quantity of anything collected for future use; abu...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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16 March 2010

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On 16 March 1978, the oil tanker the Amoco Cadiz, transporting 227,000 tonnes of crude oil, suffered a failure of her steering mechanism, and despite the efforts of the crew of a German tug boat and two unsuccessful towing attempts, ran aground on Portsall Rocks, on the Breton coast. The entire cargo spilled out as the breakers split the vessel in two, progressively polluting 360 km of shoreline from Brest to Saint Brieuc.This was the largest oil spill caused by a tanker grounding ever registered in the world. The consequences of this accident were significant, and it caused the French Government to revise its oil response plan (the Polmar Plan), to acquire equipment stocks (Polmar stocks), to impose traffic lanes in the Channel and to create Cedre. read more

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