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cache

[ kash ]
/ kæʃ /
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noun

a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.: She hid her jewelry in a little cache in the cellar.
anything so hidden: The enemy never found our cache of food.
Computers. a temporary storage space or memory that allows fast access to data: Web browser cache; CPU cache.
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, cach·ing.

to put in a cache; conceal; hide.

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RELATED WORDS

hideout, wealth, repository, treasure, stash, stockpile, hoard, storehouse, plant, drop, assets, stake, kitty, fund, shade, treasury, supplies, accumulation, store, reserve

Nearby words

cacciatore, caccini, caccini, giulio, cachaca, cachalot, cache, cache la poudre, cache memory, cache storage, cache-sexe, cachectic

Origin of cache

1585–95; < French, noun derivative of cacher to hide < Vulgar Latin *coācticāre to stow away, orig. to pack together, equivalent to Latin coāct(us) collected (past participle of cōgere; see coactive1) + -icā- formative v. suffix + -re infinitive ending
SYNONYMS FOR cache
2 hoard, stockpile, reserve, store.
5 secrete.
Can be confusedcache cachet cash
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British Dictionary definitions for caching

cache

/ (kæʃ) /

noun

a hidden store of provisions, weapons, treasure, etc
the place where such a store is hidden
computing a small high-speed memory that improves computer performance

verb

(tr) to store in a cache

Word Origin for cache

C19: from French, from cacher to hide
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

Word Origin and History for caching

cache

n.

1797, "hiding place," from French Canadian trappers' slang, "hiding place for stores" (1660s), a back-formation from French cacher "to hide, conceal" (13c., Old French cachier), from Vulgar Latin *coacticare "store up, collect, compress," frequentative of Latin coactare "constrain," from coactus, past participle of cogere "to collect" (see cogent). Sense extended by 1830s to "anything stored in a hiding place."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Science definitions for caching

cache

[ kăsh ]

An area of computer memory devoted to the high-speed retrieval of frequently used or requested data.
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