stashed; stashing; stashes
: to store in a usually secret place for future use
—often used with away
Synonyms
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
Jasmine Browley, Essence, 18 Apr. 2024
The pump stashes away in the carrying case with the air mattress, and the case is spacious enough to also fit other accessories, like a pillow or throw blanket.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2024
Clothes should be stashed in zipped up bags (most pros recommend cloth, not plastic, since the latter can degrade and discolor fabric).
—Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
They’re disassembled into parts and hidden among legitimate cargo, wrapped in aluminum foil or garbage bags, stashed in cars or multi-gallon barrels, buried under clothing or toiletries.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Even though one of the country’s systemic institutions came close to failure, banks still stashed away a record amount in profits from lending.
—Bastian Benrath, Fortune Europe, 4 Apr. 2024
During the civil war, workers from the Ministry of Culture and the French School of the Far East took hundreds of pieces from local temples and stashed them away nearby at the Angkor conservatory.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Each time a chickadee stashed food at a cache site, its hippocampus—a part of the brain responsible for learning and memory—briefly lit up with a unique pattern, similar to a barcode on an item in a store.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Only about $5 billion or so of Russian assets are in the hands of U.S. institutions; more than $300 billion in Russian central bank assets are stashed in Western nations.
—Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Yvonne Yue Li, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024
He is tasked with recovering a stash of money hidden by his late father, cartel leader Benito Aretas, and avenging his death by assassinating those responsible for his arrest and conviction.
—Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
In 2021, researchers reported a stash of hundreds of Mussaurus fossils from as far back as around 200 million years ago, assembled together and arranged according to age.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
This is the second and final batch of items being unloaded by the actor, who previously sold a stash in a Propstore auction in London in November.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
The strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) is an emergency oil stash set up following the 1973 oil crisis.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
One stash house was filled with cockroaches and rats.
—Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
Agents say Cook told them cartel members planned to move her to a furnished upscale home and use her place as a weapons stash house, reasoning that police wouldn't suspect an older white lady.
—Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
Amid the darkness, an English antiquities dealer finds his stash of fine wine can be used as lighting fuel.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Verb
Whatever is left should be stashed away for savings, either for emergencies or large future purchases.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 18 Apr. 2024
The pump stashes away in the carrying case with the air mattress, and the case is spacious enough to also fit other accessories, like a pillow or throw blanket.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2024
Clothes should be stashed in zipped up bags (most pros recommend cloth, not plastic, since the latter can degrade and discolor fabric).
—Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
They’re disassembled into parts and hidden among legitimate cargo, wrapped in aluminum foil or garbage bags, stashed in cars or multi-gallon barrels, buried under clothing or toiletries.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Even though one of the country’s systemic institutions came close to failure, banks still stashed away a record amount in profits from lending.
—Bastian Benrath, Fortune Europe, 4 Apr. 2024
During the civil war, workers from the Ministry of Culture and the French School of the Far East took hundreds of pieces from local temples and stashed them away nearby at the Angkor conservatory.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Each time a chickadee stashed food at a cache site, its hippocampus—a part of the brain responsible for learning and memory—briefly lit up with a unique pattern, similar to a barcode on an item in a store.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Only about $5 billion or so of Russian assets are in the hands of U.S. institutions; more than $300 billion in Russian central bank assets are stashed in Western nations.
—Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Noun
Most gold is held by countries — the US alone has more than 8,000 tonnes — but the world is filled with private stashes.
—Yvonne Yue Li, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024
He is tasked with recovering a stash of money hidden by his late father, cartel leader Benito Aretas, and avenging his death by assassinating those responsible for his arrest and conviction.
—Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
In 2021, researchers reported a stash of hundreds of Mussaurus fossils from as far back as around 200 million years ago, assembled together and arranged according to age.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
This is the second and final batch of items being unloaded by the actor, who previously sold a stash in a Propstore auction in London in November.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
The strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) is an emergency oil stash set up following the 1973 oil crisis.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
One stash house was filled with cockroaches and rats.
—Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
Agents say Cook told them cartel members planned to move her to a furnished upscale home and use her place as a weapons stash house, reasoning that police wouldn't suspect an older white lady.
—Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
Amid the darkness, an English antiquities dealer finds his stash of fine wine can be used as lighting fuel.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
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stash
1 of 2 verb
: to store in a usually secret place for future use
stash
2 of 2 noun1
: 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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