cache

UK: /ˈkæʃ/ US: /kæʃ/ ,(kash)

Inflections of 'cache' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

caches

v 3rd person singular

caching

v pres p

cached

v past

cached

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

cache /kæʃ/   n., v., cached, cach•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. a hiding place, as for food, supplies, or valuables.
2. anything hidden in a cache:
   a cache of rifles.

v. [~ + object]

3. to hide or store in a cache:
   They cached their weapons.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

cache  (kash), n., v., cached, cach•ing. 
n. 

1. a hiding place, esp. 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.
3. British Terms, Dialect Terms [Alaska and Northern Canada.] a small shed elevated on poles above the reach of animals and used for storing food, equipment, etc.

v.t. 

4. to put in a cache;
   conceal;
   hide.

• Vulgar Latin *coācticāre to stow away, origin, originally to pack together, equivalent. to Latin coāct(us) collected (past participle of cōgere; see coactive) + -icā- formative verb, verbal suffix + -re infinitive ending
• French, noun, nominal derivative of cacher to hide
• 1585–95

Synonyms

• 2. hoard, stockpile, reserve, store.
• 4. secrete.

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cache / kæʃ/ noun

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

verb

1. (transitive) to store in a cache

Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from cacher to hide