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stash

American  
[stash] / stæʃ /

verb (used with object)

  1. to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed byaway ).

    The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.

noun

  1. something put away or hidden.

    a stash of gold coins buried in the garden.

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

  3. Slang. a supply of hidden drugs.

stash British  
/ stæʃ /

verb

  1. informal to put or store (money, valuables, etc) in a secret place, as for safekeeping

"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

noun

  1. informal a secret store or the place where this is hidden

  2. slang drugs kept for personal consumption

"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

Etymology

Origin of stash

1775–85; blend of stow and cache

Example Sentences

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Her son turns out to be Mr. Nivola’s character, the kind of guy who has a stash of $100 bills in a kitchen drawer for odds and ends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The value of that stash is now about $4.7 billion dollars less.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

But on Thursday, the company’s shares were off by more than 15% as Strategy found itself underwater on its massive stash of bitcoin, according to data shared on its website.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

The plan is to stash away around 400,000 tonnes of CO2 this year, potentially rising to eight million tonnes annually by 2030, the company claims.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

But what I didn’t clean out was the stash that Doug Swieteck was hiding to prepare for Number 166.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

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