stash

¹stash

verb \ˈstash\

Definition of STASH

transitive verb

: to store in a usually secret place for future use —often used with away

Examples of STASH

1. The police found where he had stashed the drugs.
2. The gifts were stashed in the closet.
3. He stashed the equipment under the bed.
4. We wondered what they had stashed in their backpacks.

Origin of STASH

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1797

Related to STASH

Synonyms: cache, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, squirrel (away), hoard, stockpile, store, stow, treasure

Related Words: accumulate, acquire, amass, assemble, collect, concentrate, garner, gather, pick up, round up, scrape (together); heap, pile, stack; conserve, husband, preserve; bank, coffer, deposit, hold, keep, reserve, retain, save, set by, stock, withhold; bury, conceal, ensconce, secrete

Near Antonyms: cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, throw away, throw out, unload; consume, squander, use up, waste; hand out, hand over, relinquish, surrender; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend; deplete, exhaust, expend, impoverish; dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter

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Rhymes with STASH

Asch, ash, bash, brash, cache, cash, clash, crash, dash, fash, flash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, splash, thrash, thresh, trash