treasure house

American  

Or treasure-house

noun

1. a building, room, or chamber used as a storage place for valuables; treasury.

2. a place or source where things of value or worth may be found.

   Books are the treasure house of ideas.

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Etymology

Origin of treasure house

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75

Example Sentences

Once a saffron-scented cultural treasure house, present-day Herat still looks proudly to its rich heritage of Persian poetry, miniaturist painting and resplendent architecture.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2021

Here is a legends-only mini-Met, which can be appreciated on the surface as a supersaturated treasure house.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2020

She has been inside many of the region’s monasteries, and she recently visited one treasure house in which the ancient skull of the monastery’s founder lived on as a kapala, or ritual cup.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 21, 2015

But this show is full of possibilities, and with development may offer a treasure house of tailor-made stories for many different venues and different kinds of audience.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2010

Redwall must be a veritable treasure house to a clever young fox.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques