US /kæʃ/ UK /kæʃ/
Homophones
noun verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a hidden store of supplies; to store away or in fast-access memory

    They found a cache of weapons buried beneath the floorboards.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a hidden store of supplies;... hoardstorestockpilestashreserverepositoryconcealstow
Word family
Derived forms cachingcached

Etymology

From French cache ('hiding place'), from cacher ('to hide'), from Vulgar Latin *coacticare ('to press together, store'), frequentative of Latin coactare, from cogere ('to compel').

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