"treasure chest" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: treasure chests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} treasure chest (plural treasure chests)
  1. A chest filled with treasure, especially one used by pirates, etc. Translations (chest filled with treasure): skatkis (Afrikaans), cofre de tresor [masculine] (Catalan), 百寶箱 (Chinese Mandarin), 百宝箱 (bǎibǎoxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 財寶箱 (Chinese Mandarin), 财宝箱 (cáibǎoxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), skattekiste [common-gender] (Danish), schatkist [feminine] (Dutch), trezorkofro (Esperanto), aarrearkku (Finnish), coffre au trésor [masculine] (French), Schatzkiste [feminine] (German), kincsesláda (Hungarian), maoinchiste [masculine] (Irish), cofano di tesoro [masculine] (Italian), 宝箱 (takarabako) (Japanese), arca thēsaurī [feminine] (Latin), baú de tesoro [masculine] (Portuguese), cofre de tesoro [masculine] (Portuguese), сунду́к сокро́вищ (sundúk sokróvišč) [masculine] (Russian), cofre del tesoro [masculine] (Spanish), skattkista [common-gender] (Swedish), hazine sandığı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-treasure_chest-en-noun-52VYxs9s Disambiguation of 'chest filled with treasure': 88 6 6
  2. (metonymically) A treasury, especially a state or royal treasury. Tags: metonymically Translations (royal treasury): 寶庫 (Chinese Mandarin), 宝库 (bǎokù) (Chinese Mandarin), schatkist [feminine] (Dutch), aarrekirstu (Finnish), Schatztruhe (German), maoinchiste [masculine] (Irish), сокро́вищница (sokróviščnica) [feminine] (Russian), skattkista [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-treasure_chest-en-noun-400m2Vdb Categories (other): English metonyms Disambiguation of 'royal treasury': 9 82 9
  3. (figurative) Any source of something valuable or beautiful. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: gold mine
    Sense id: en-treasure_chest-en-noun-QEcd2~MF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 83

Inflected forms

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