trove

noun

ˈtrōv How to pronounce trove (audio)
Synonyms of trove
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

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The installation, for example, of a mostly new trove of colonial Spanish American devotional art is one of the current triumphs of LACMA overall. — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 And more is likely to come to light as people dig through the trove. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 30 Aug. 2026 These chatbots are powered by large language models, AI systems that generate responses by using advanced statistics and troves of text, including sacred ones like Hinduism's Bhagavad Gita. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 The liquidation of Broward’s Spirit Airlines has moved into a new phase, with tech giants bidding millions for massive troves of internal company data to help train artificial intelligence. — Jeff Kleinma, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 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

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The first known use of trove was in 1886

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