stash

1 of 2

verb

stashed; stashing; stashes

transitive verb

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

stash

2 of 2

noun

1
: hiding place : cache
2
: something stored or hidden away
a stash of narcotics

Examples of stash in a Sentence

Verb The police found where he had stashed the drugs. The gifts were stashed in the closet. He stashed the equipment under the bed. We wondered what they had stashed in their backpacks. Noun keeps a stash of tissues in her desk in case anyone needs one
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Notebooks containing classified material were stashed haphazardly in his Wilmington home. Arden Farhi, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024 That’s certainly true of this 1932 creep-fest, about a group of travelers stranded overnight at a foreboding Welsh manor that has more than one secret stashed away in its many upper rooms. Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024 Darnold twice came in during the regular season when Purdy sustained a nerve-stinger issue to his left shoulder, and Darnold impressed early in starting the regular-season finale against the Los Angeles Rams while the 49ers stashed Purdy for the playoffs. Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024 There were photos stashed everywhere, many tucked into the stacks of Yellow Pages phone books in Wally’s bedroom closet, warped and stained from water damage. Erik Himmelsbach-Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024 When García Márquez died in 2014, multiple drafts, notes and chapter fragments of the novel were stashed away in his archives at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024 Walnut casework spruces up the area and adds bountiful space to stash bath linens. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2024 Night after night the mouse gathered up clothespins, corks, and other miscellaneous objects, stashing them inside a rectangular wooden box for safekeeping. Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024 Perseverance isn’t equipped to make a definitive call on past life on Mars, which is why the rover has been collecting and stashing rock samples in tubes that could be brought back to Earth one day for future study. Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Noun
Last summer, Apple reported sitting on a pile of almost $167 billion in cash — one of the largest such stashes around. Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2024 With three active kids, Maya’s snowsuit stash is constantly being rotated as her kids grow. Katrina Cossey, Parents, 12 Feb. 2024 As a nursing mother, Geraghty depended on her stash of breast milk, as well as being able to pump, during the four-hour flight to John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, where she would be reunited with her newborn son. Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024 The officers found a key to a nearby La Quinta Inn and were told by the associate that there was a stash of methamphetamine in the hotel room. James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Feb. 2024 At that point,their stash of dollars would buy less gold. Yanis Varoufakis, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024 But the two men’s stashes differed significantly in size, if not so much in sensitivity. Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024 Elton John will soon have another accolade to add to his expanding stash. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024 Squirrels are also active during the winter digging for stashes of nuts and bulbs, eating buds, bark and, of course, bird seed. Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Verb

origin unknown

First Known Use

Verb

1797, in the meaning defined above

Noun

circa 1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of stash was in 1797

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Cite this Entry

“Stash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stash. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

stash

1 of 2 verb
: to store in a usually secret place for future use

stash

2 of 2 noun
1
: a hiding place
used the cupboard as a secret stash
2
: something stored or hidden away
had a stash of money in the closet

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