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noun
1.
a hiding place, especially 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.
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)
4.
to put in a cache; conceal; hide.
Origin:
1585–95; < French, noun derivative of cacher to hide < Vulgar Latin *coācticāre to stow away, orig. to pack together, equivalent to Latin coāct(us) collected (past participle of cōgere; see coactive) + -icā- formative v. suffix + -re infinitive ending
1585–95; < French, noun derivative of cacher to hide < Vulgar Latin *coācticāre to stow away, orig. to pack together, equivalent to Latin coāct(us) collected (past participle of cōgere; see coactive) + -icā- formative v. suffix + -re infinitive ending
Synonyms
2. hoard, stockpile, reserve, store. 4. secrete.
2. hoard, stockpile, reserve, store. 4. secrete.
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cache (kæʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a hidden store of provisions, weapons, treasure, etc |
| 2. | the place where such a store is hidden |
| 3. | computing a small high-speed memory that improves computer performance |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to store in a cache |
| [C19: from French, from cacher to hide] | |
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Word Origin & History
cache
1797, "hiding place," from Fr. Canadian trappers' slang, "hiding place for stores" (1660s), a back formation from Fr. cacher "to hide, conceal" (13c., O.Fr. cachier), from V.L. *coacticare "store up, collect, compress," freq. of L. coactare "constrain," from coactus pp. of cogere "to collect" (see
cogent). Sense extended by 1830s to "anything stored in a hiding place."
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Science Dictionary
cache  (kāsh) Pronunciation Key
An area of computer memory devoted to the high-speed retrieval of frequently used or requested data. |
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