trove

noun

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: a valuable collection : treasure
… tours to show you at length and at leisure Belgium's art trove.Helmut Koenig
also : haul, collection

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They were leaked to the International Consortium of International Journalists, which shared the trove with the Miami Herald and 150 other news outlets. Karen Wang, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 Not only does this kit feature the trendy Baguette, but Fendi’s Needle Point Stitch Kit Baguette comes with its very own embroidery kit, featuring a trove of different colored cotton threads, as well as needles and thimbles. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025 Veteran visual and technology journalist John Keegan, in his article on the Beautiful Public Data website, revisited the NASA Ames Research Center through a trove of archival images made public by the Internet Archive. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025 The archaeologists traveled to multiple locations across Crimea and Ukraine known for their troves of Neanderthal artifacts. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trove

Word History

Etymology

short for treasure trove

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of trove was in 1886

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“Trove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trove. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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