trove

noun

Synonyms of trove
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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

Examples of trove in a Sentence

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Metal detectorists in Norway unearthed a trove of ancient coins dating back to the Viking Age — the largest of its kind ever found in the country. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 There are also a trove of tiny actors playing boys as young as four or five. Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026 Yet federal prosecutors shot back in their own filings, suggesting that investigators had already amassed a trove of text messages, notes and other digital records before even speaking with Juarez. Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026 Although constitutional experts and other scholars have relied on the amendment’s legal history to show that birthright citizenship has been the law without exception for well more than a century, newspaper archives offer another useful trove of evidence. Lawrence Glickman, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026 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 1 May. 2026.

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