stash

¹stash

transitive verb \ˈstash\

Definition of STASH

: 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

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

²stash

noun

Definition of STASH

1

: hiding place : cache

2

: something stored or hidden away <a stash of narcotics>

Examples of STASH

1. <keeps a stash of tissues in her desk in case anyone needs one>

First Known Use of STASH

circa 1914

Related to STASH

Synonyms

cache, hoard, stockpile, store

Related Words

coffers, deposit, funds, nest egg, savings, sinking fund, treasure; inventory, pool, reserve, reservoir, stock; provisions, resources; accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering, harvest; repertory