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.

Also called cache storage .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.

OTHER WORDS FOR cache

2 hoard, stockpile, reserve, store.

5 secrete.

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Origin of cache

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cache

cache , cachet, cash

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How to use cache in a sentence

He invented a set of algorithms that helped speed up the transfer of information dramatically by “caching.”
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If we are going to make a practice of caching the stuff, I suggest that we provide a number of tin cans with tight covers.
The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers|Claude A. Labelle
Speaking of caching or storing food for future use, there are several ways of doing this.
The Pony Rider Boys in New England|Frank Gee Patchin
Such contingencies have given rise to a method of secreting articles called by the old French Canadian voyagers "caching."
The Prairie Traveler|Randolph Marcy

Finally caching their heaviest boat and all the supplies which could well be spared, the entire party followed the south fork.
Explorers and Travellers|Adolphus W. Greely
The Squire folded the paper carefully and put it away in his breast pocket with the manner of one caching a treasure.
When Egypt Went Broke|Holman Day

British Dictionary definitions for cache

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

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