trove

noun

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: a valuable collection : treasure
also : haul, collection

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Load up the board games, the loose papers, the troves of envelopes, or all the sheet pans long past their heyday. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025 Survivors Mark Auschwitz 80th Liberation Anniversary By Sophie Clark Live News Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 1 Workers inside Argentina's Supreme Court uncovered a trove of Nazi propaganda hidden inside of old champagne boxes. Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025 California has by far the largest trove of delegates in the Democratic primary. Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 12 May 2025 Those who hold advanced degrees in mathematics and analytics, or your favorite degenerate gambler, know any piece of datum is only reliant on the trove of data that occurred previously. Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for trove

Word History

Etymology

short for treasure trove

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of trove was in 1888

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“Trove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trove. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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