"trove" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɹəʊv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tɹoʊv/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-trove.wav [UK] Forms: troves [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊv Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno||tresor trouvé|found treasure}} Anglo-Norman tresor trouvé (“found treasure”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} trove (plural troves)
  1. A treasure trove; a collection of treasure.
    Sense id: en-trove-en-noun-ZxWbElYL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 49 51
  2. A collection of things.
    Sense id: en-trove-en-noun-F~kqhZw1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 49 51

Inflected forms

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