English Explanatory Dictionary

cache

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.
  2. Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals for practical reasons.
  3. A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
  4. A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
verb
  1. To place in a cache.
  2. To store data in a cache.
  3. To participate in geocaching.
  4. To hide or seek a geocache.
  5. to store up, stockpile
noun
  1. Misspelling of cachet.

Pronunciation

kăsh /kæʃ/ kāsh /keɪʃ/ En-uk-cache.ogg en-us-cache.ogg en-ca-cache.ogg En-cache.ogg /kæɪʃ/ En-au-cache.ogg

Word forms

cache caches caching cached

Etymology

From French cache (as used by French Canadian trappers to mean “hiding place for stores”), from the verb cacher (“to hide”).

Synonyms

stash geocache

Related words

coagulate cogent squat cache-sexe

Derived words

cacheability cacheable cache buster cache busting Cache County cache language model cacheless cache-oblivious cache stampede femtocache geocache multicache subcache Tête Jaune Cache uncache precache recache

Translations

Ahtna: tsaa Bashkir: запас Bashkir: һаҡлам Bulgarian: запас Dogrib: etsaa Estonian: peidik Finnish: varasto Finnish: kätkö Finnish: geokätkö Hebrew: מִצְבּוֹר Hebrew: מַחְבּוֹא Hebrew: מַאֲגָר Italian: nascondiglio Italian: ripostiglio Lower Tanana: tso Māori: whakaputunga Norwegian: skjulested Polish: schowek Portuguese: esconderijo Russian: запа́с Russian: тайни́к Russian: схрон Swedish: gömma Swedish: skattgömma French: cache German: Geocache German: Cache Norwegian Bokmål: cache Norwegian Nynorsk: cache
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