stash

[ stash ]

/ stæʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed by away): The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.

noun

something put away or hidden: a stash of gold coins buried in the garden.

a place in which something is stored secretly; hiding place; cache.

Slang. a supply of hidden drugs.

Words related to stash

stockpile, inventory, cache, trove, conceal, disguise, bury, smuggle, secrete, amass, hide, collect, deposit, abundance, cumulation, wealth, agglomeration, supply, conglomeration, reservoir

Words nearby stash

starvation wages, starve, starveling, starwort, stary oskol, stash, stashie, stasi, stasidion, stasimon, stasis

Origin of stash

1775–85; blend of stow and cache

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Examples from the Web for stash

M10 was captured last year during a raid by Chihuahua State Police on a stash house in Juárez.
U.S. Visas Helped Fuel the Juárez Drug Wars|Jason McGahan|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These people, on the other hand, likely got their stash from some random dealer at a party or a concert.
Silk Road Is the eBay of the Online Drug Trade|Winston Ross|September 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The shipments are taken to a stash house in a suburb of Los Angeles controlled by a high-level member of the Michoachan cartel.
The Devil’s Drug: The True Story of Meth in New Mexico|Nick Romeo|August 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They are not interested in the dregs from my stash of clothes.
The Pointlessness of Some Disaster Charity After the Indian Floods|Dilip D’Souza|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Could he have left the stash of dragonglass weapons discovered last season?
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 3 for Dummies|Jace Lacob|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It was amazing how much gold one man had been able to stash away.
Despoilers of the Golden Empire|Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for stash

stash

/ (stæʃ) /

verb

(tr often foll by away) informal to put or store (money, valuables, etc) in a secret place, as for safekeeping

noun

informal a secret store or the place where this is hidden

slang drugs kept for personal consumption

Word Origin for stash

C20: origin unknown

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