trove

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a valuable or interesting collection of things, especially one that has been discovered

   The attic contained a trove of letters from the early years of the expedition.

2. 2
   noun

   hidden treasure whose original owner is unknown, chiefly in the phrase treasure trove

   The coins were declared treasure trove after an archaeological inquiry.

Common collocations

• treasure trove Noun + noun

Originally the second element of treasure trove, from Anglo-Norman tresor trove, "found treasure." Trove represents the past participle of Old French trover, "to find," which English speakers reinterpreted as a noun. It later came to mean any valuable collection.

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