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noun

ˈkash How to pronounce cache (audio)
Definition of cachenext
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as in reserve
a collection of things kept available for future use or need a cache of medical supplies in case of emergency

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as in stash
a supply stored up and often hidden away the squirrel kept a cache of nuts in the hollow of the tree

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cache

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verb

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as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place an eccentric who cached money in odd places, such as under the boards of the floor

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as in to conceal
to put into a hiding place cached the fugitives in their cellar until they could make their way to Canada

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Recent Examples of cache
Noun
Mexico long lacked the funds, or interest, to pony up the hundreds of millions of dollars needed to purchase the Gelman cache, a former chief of the country’s fine-arts agency told the Milenio news outlet this year. — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 After her death, in 1886, her sister discovered a cache of almost 1,800 poems written over decades. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
Verb
Last week’s CopyFail exploited faulty page caching in the authencesn AEAD template process, which is used for IPsec extended sequence numbers. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026 Why Squirrels Are Attracted to Bulbs Squirrels are food-caching animals, meaning their strategy is to find and store high-calorie foods to sustain them through winter. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cache
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cache
  1. reserve
  2. stash
  3. store
  4. conceal
  5. hoard
  6. hide
  7. supply
  8. bury
Noun
  • Mediation may yet come back into focus if oil markets panic and the price of crude returns above $100 on the back of shrinking reserves worldwide.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Some years ago, the Norwegian military discovered a new petroleum reserve close to land, likely in a fjord.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026
Definition of reserve
Noun
  • Prosecutors also cited his possession of $15,000 in cash, four cell phones, two driver’s licenses, camping gear, and a stash of Viagra.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
  • Chinese fund managers have increasingly courted Middle Eastern sovereign wealth to seek funding, but the Gulf's money pool is far smaller than America's – and shallower than China's own wealth stash, Hu said.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of stash
Verb
  • Wipe the blade clean and store the circular saw in a safe location.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026
  • The surprisingly spacious material easily stores your essentials, including your phone, keys, wallet, sunglasses, and more.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2026
Definition of store
Verb
  • Missiles and launch vehicles can remain concealed until they are needed, limiting the time during which they are exposed to satellites, aircraft, and drones.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
  • Even its bridal jewelry retains an element of discretion, including a small gold heart concealed inside certain bands and positioned close to the wearer.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
Definition of conceal
Noun
  • In return, the British Museum will loan treasures from the Sutton Hoo hoard — artifacts from a 7th century Anglo Saxon ship burial — and other items to museums in Normandy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • In simpler terms, that appears to just mean a hoard of bitcoin.
    — Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of hoard
Verb
  • What was the thinking behind hiding this information up until the finale?
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 15 July 2026
  • For most of the past century, mathematicians have been exploring the limits of Ramsey theory, the study of order hiding inside chaos—or, more accurately, how much disorder can be packed into a system before order must inevitably emerge.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 15 July 2026
Definition of hide
Noun
  • In prison, workers earn as little as pennies a day, and much of those earnings go toward purchasing necessities like postage and hygiene supplies at canteens, where prices have risen along with inflation.
    — Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • Start with one process where delay or exception cost is visible, such as an invoice exception, a supply disruption or a customer credit change.
    — Robert Kramer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of supply
Verb
  • Each of the women were buried in matching underground chambers, with the princess Ita followed by Khenmet, Itaweret, and an anonymous woman assumed to be their sister Sathathormeryt.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026
  • The largest of the debris aprons covers 50 square miles (130 square kilometers), which would be large enough to bury a small city or a large town.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 July 2026
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