trove

[trohv]

noun

1. a collection of objects.

2. treasure-trove.

trove

/ trəʊv /

noun

1. See treasure-trove

Word History and Origins

Origin of trove¹

First recorded in 1885–90; short for treasure-trove

Example Sentences

When Kurata isn’t on set or in the troves of a costume house, she’s likely tending to Virgil Normal.

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For Azedy, the downside of the trade deals -- mountains of discarded clothes piling up in dumpsites -- is a treasure trove for his creative eye.

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Douglas Cooper waded into art-world battles with abandon—while scooping up a trove of works by Picasso and others.

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When Cooper died a year later, Lauder bought up the core of the vast Cubist trove.

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When the UK's National Crime Agency took down the cyber crime gang LockBit they discovered troves of data still on the criminal's servers that victims had paid to be deleted.

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Related Words

• accretion 
• aggregation 
• buildup 
• growth 
• inflation 
• pile 
• quantity