of great value, worth or use; very useful
very important; priceless
Cases of word usage
1) (of) an object (e.g. furniture, a work of art) that is very old and valuable (antique)
2) an opinion or judgement of how good, valuable etc a person or thing is (appraisal)
3) something valuable handed down in a family for several generations (heirloom)
4) a carefully saved and guarded store or collection of money, coins, food and other treasured or valuable objects; to save and store (money, valuable things) (hoard)
5) (made of) (the valuable brown fur skin of) a small animal like a stoat (mink)
6) the least valuable piece; to deposit (clothing, jewellery etc) as security for money borrowed (pawn)
7) a person who explores a region looking for gold or other valuable substances (prospector)
8) not working; not valuable (scrapper)