trove

noun

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: a valuable collection : treasure
also : haul, collection

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The easternmost Bay Harbor island, zoned for apartments and condos, bristles with construction cranes as its trove of MiMo buildings from the 1950s and 1960s gradually disappears, replaced with glitzy new buildings where condos go for multiple millions. Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025 Beyond Tut’s trove, a separate annex that will display two royal boats discovered near the Great Pyramid in 1954 will open for viewing following the grand opening. Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 25 Apr. 2025 Or will the troves of data being amassed on nonhuman animals be used to further commodify and objectify them? David Gruber, Time, 24 Apr. 2025 Subsequent analysis of the venom trove revealed that the islands with more competition and space were home to more specialized rattlesnake toxins. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 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 14 May. 2025.

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