trove

noun

ˈtrōv 

1

: discovery, find

2

: a valuable collection : treasure

… tours to show you at length and at leisure Belgium's art trove.

—Helmut Koenig

also : haul, collection

Examples of trove in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her colleagues at Yunnan University in China found the trove while looking for algal fossils in the region’s cliff faces—its rocks are famous for their ability to preserve ancient life. —Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2026

But a study in Thursday’s journal Science said many of the fossils in this trove are remnants of more complex animals that lived three-dimensional lives, traveling up through the water and eating. —ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026

An Egyptian-German team recently unearthed about 13,000 of these fragments, known as ostraca, from the ancient city of Athribis, and the trove keeps growing. —Ryan Brennan april 1, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026

But a northern climate, stringent building codes, and the gauntlet of public review shouldn’t exclude the immense trove of experienced professionals who have worked in big, dense cities that are more similar to than different from ours. —Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

short for treasure trove

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing trove

• treasure trove

Rhymes for trove

• clove
• cove
• drove
• rove
• shrove
• stove
• strove
• throve
• wove
• alcove
• mangrove