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cache
[ kash ]
noun
- a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.:
She hid her jewelry in a little cache in the cellar.
- anything so hidden:
The enemy never found our cache of food.
- Also called cache storage. Computers. a temporary storage space or memory that allows fast access to data:
Web browser cache;
CPU cache.
- Alaska and Northern Canada. a small shed elevated on poles above the reach of animals and used for storing food, equipment, etc.
cache
/ kæʃ /
noun
- a hidden store of provisions, weapons, treasure, etc
- the place where such a store is hidden
- computing a small high-speed memory that improves computer performance
verb
- tr to store in a cache
cache
/ kăsh /
- An area of computer memory devoted to the high-speed retrieval of frequently used or requested data.
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Example Sentences
Ultimately they would go ahead along with the Washington Post and publish a host of revelations from the Snowden cache.
Red squirrels cache the pinecones (saving the bears a ton of work).
Certainly, documentary film never had this much cultural cache when it was competing for theater screens.
The first cache of photos landed online in late August, and celebs Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and others were targeted.
Print also has a certain cache that might appeal to both sex workers and clients.
As the caravan came nearer, David was convinced that he saw before him the owner of the cache and the canine.
They went to the chamber where Bemmon slept and there, almost at once, they found his cache.
They were not drunkards, but the cache had given them hopes of drinks.
If worst came to the worst there was bread stuff in the cache.
Couldn't we make a sort of cache of it—bury it just outside the cabin for to-night?
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