trove

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trove

/tɹəʊv/ UK
/tɹoʊv/ Canada, US

Rhymes with -əʊv

Where it comes from

Originally in the phrase treasure trove, from Anglo-Norman tresor trouvé (“found treasure”), where the past participle trouvé (“found”) was interpreted in English as a noun. Doublet of trope.

noun troves

A treasure trove; a collection of treasure.
A collection of things.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: treasure trove, treasure, hiding, wealth, pit, claymore, mine, tonnes, threasure, treasuer, treasury, threasury, bibliotheque, loot, traitory, trewage

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"trove." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/trove. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

trove. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/trove

Chicago

"trove." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/trove.

BibTeX

@misc{trove_2026,
  title = {trove},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trove},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}