valuable
(adjective) having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange; “a valuable diamond”
valuable, worthful
(adjective) having worth or merit or value; “a valuable friend”; “a good and worthful man”
valuable
(noun) something of value; “all our valuables were stolen”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
valuable (comparative more valuable, superlative most valuable)
Having a great value.
Estimable; deserving esteem.
• worthy, worthly
• worthless
valuable (plural valuables)
a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.
Source: Wiktionary
Val"u*a*ble, a.
1. Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo.
2. Worthy; estimable; deserving esteem; as, a valuable friend; a valuable companion. Valuable consideration (Law), an equivalent or compensation having value given for a thing purchased, as money, marriage, services, etc. Blackstone. Bouvier.
Val"u*a*ble, n.
Definition: A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural. The food and valuables they offer to the gods. Tylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
