Treasure
Treasure verb - To put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place.
Usage example: a trove of fine wines that he had lovingly treasured over the years
Waste
Waste noun - Discarded or useless material.
Usage example: gathered up the waste when he was finished sewing
How words are described
| good | good treasure | good waste |
| real | real treasure | real waste |
| massive | massive treasure | massive waste |
| big | big treasure | big waste |
| Other adjectives: huge, living, strange, greatest, accumulated, magical, bigger. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Bittersweet Ending: Dobbs' insanity catches up with him, he dies, and the treasure is lost, rendering 10 months of Curtin and Howard's lives a waste.
- Galbro wants the treasure too, but doesn't waste time trying to outmaneuver the others; he just goes after it alone.
Source: Literature / The Black Stranger -
He wasn't finished rigging the Ahnonay deception when D'ni fell, and with no potential flock to fleece, he let himself waste away in his treasure vault.
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