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cache

[ kash ]

noun

  1. a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.:

    She hid her jewelry in a little cache in the cellar.

  2. anything so hidden:

    The enemy never found our cache of food.

    Synonyms: store, reserve, stockpile, hoard

  3. Also called cache storage. Computers. a temporary storage space or memory that allows fast access to data:

    Web browser cache;

    CPU cache.

  4. Alaska and Northern Canada. a small shed elevated on poles above the reach of animals and used for storing food, equipment, etc.


verb (used with object)

cached, caching.
  1. to put in a cache; conceal; hide.

    Synonyms: secrete

cache

/ kæʃ /

noun

  1. a hidden store of provisions, weapons, treasure, etc
  2. the place where such a store is hidden
  3. computing a small high-speed memory that improves computer performance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to store in a cache
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cache

/ kăsh /

  1. An area of computer memory devoted to the high-speed retrieval of frequently used or requested data.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cache1

First recorded in 1585–95; from French, noun derivative of cacher “to hide,” from unattested Vulgar Latin coācticāre “to stow away,” originally, “to pack together,” frequentative of Latin coāctāre, equivalent to Latin coāct(us) “collected” (past participle of cōgere “to collect, compel”) + -icā- formative verb suffix + -re infinitive ending
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cache1

C19: from French, from cacher to hide
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Example Sentences

Soon, our cache of loose bills was depleted.

For me to even open an envelope meant a trip to my stepmother’s house, where the precious cache was moldering in a mildewed basement.

From Salon

A 40-year-old man suspected of stealing a cache of military equipment — including three Humvees — in a late-night break-in at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin has been arrested, police said this week.

When police searched his home, they found a cache of weapons, including a machete, a set of arrows and a sealed box containing an unknown substance.

From BBC

The US rapper died two years after Mac, also from an accidental overdose, leaving a cache of unreleased music but Robin tells Newsbeat the latest album sounded like "unfinished demos that had been stretched".

From BBC

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