cache

[ kash ]

/ kæʃ /

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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.

verb (used with object), cached, cach·ing.

to put in a cache; conceal; hide.

OTHER WORDS FOR cache

2 hoard, stockpile, reserve, store.

5 secrete.

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Origin of cache

First recorded in 1585–95; from French, noun derivative of cacher “to hide,” from unattested Vulgar Latin coācticāre “to stow away,” originally, “to pack together,” frequentative of Latin coāctāre, equivalent to Latin coāct(us) “collected” (past participle of cōgere “to collect, compel”) + -icā- formative verb suffix + -re infinitive ending

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cache

cache , cachet, cash

Words nearby cache

cacciatore, Caccini, Cáceres, cachaca, cachalot, cache, cachectin, Cache la Poudre, cache memory, cachepot, cachet

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How to use cache in a sentence

For example, your web browser caches images and scripts of sites you visit so subsequent visits to the same page will load much faster.
Meet the Baconator|by Frank Sharpe|October 2, 2020|ProPublica
If someone who used the same computer after you in that temporary timeframe knew how to access a browser’s cache, and knew what to look for, it is possible they could have accessed the keys and tokens that you viewed.
Twitter warns developers that their private keys and account tokens may have been exposed|Zack Whittaker|September 25, 2020|TechCrunch
In the email, obtained by TechCrunch, the social media giant said that the private keys and tokens may have been improperly stored in the browser’s cache by mistake.
Twitter warns developers that their private keys and account tokens may have been exposed|Zack Whittaker|September 25, 2020|TechCrunch
Keep bears out of your food supplyOne of my favorite uses for 550 cord is when I need to suspend my food cache high in a tree.
This essential survival tool can save your life 10 different ways|By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life|September 15, 2020|Popular-Science

It helps to be the WSJ, it carries cache with readers, journalists and the world, our ability to negotiate enhanced.
‘It’s less dire than it seemed to be’: How The Wall Street Journal’s digital ads business has weathered the downturn|Lucinda Southern|August 20, 2020|Digiday
Ultimately they would go ahead along with the Washington Post and publish a host of revelations from the Snowden cache.
Laura Poitras on Snowden's Unrevealed Secrets|Marlow Stern|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Red squirrels cache the pinecones (saving the bears a ton of work).
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Certainly, documentary film never had this much cultural cache when it was competing for theater screens.
David Vs. Goliath in the Age of Video on Demand|Teo Bugbee|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The first cache of photos landed online in late August, and celebs Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and others were targeted.
'The Fappening 2': Amber Heard, Rihanna, and More Celebs Targeted in Latest Nude Hacking Spree|Marlow Stern|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Print also has a certain cache that might appeal to both sex workers and clients.
The Importance of Adult Classifieds|Hazlitt|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As the caravan came nearer, David was convinced that he saw before him the owner of the cache and the canine.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail|Arthur R. Thompson
They went to the chamber where Bemmon slept and there, almost at once, they found his cache.
Space Prison|Tom Godwin
They were not drunkards, but the cache had given them hopes of drinks.
The Beach of Dreams|H. De Vere Stacpoole
If worst came to the worst there was bread stuff in the cache.
The Beach of Dreams|H. De Vere Stacpoole
Couldn't we make a sort of cache of it—bury it just outside the cabin for to-night?
The Three Partners|Bret Harte

British Dictionary definitions for cache

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

Word Origin for cache

C19: from French, from cacher to hide

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Scientific definitions for cache

cache

[ kăsh ]

An area of computer memory devoted to the high-speed retrieval of frequently used or requested data.

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