cache

Meaning

Noun

1. A store, protected or hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.
2. A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
3. A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.

Verb

1. (transitive) To place in a cache.
2. (transitive) To store data in a cache.
3. (intransitive) To participate in geocaching.
4. (transitive) To hide or seek a geocache.
5. to store up, stockpile

Synonyms

store

hoard

cache memory

stash

hiding place

memory cache

bury

cache buffer memory

hide

treasure

save

preserve

hive up

squirrel away

conserve

keep

lay away

reservoir

maintain

mothball

pantry

proceed with

put in

reservation

reserve

reserves

resource

salt away

save up

second

2nd

secrete

shelter

stand by

stock

stockpile

storage room

storehouse

storeroom

supply

support

sustain

treasure trove

trove

uphold

vault

victuals

warehouse

stash away

place to hide something

disk cache

Translations

cache

caché

Cache

önbellek

escondite

cache

memoria caché

zwischenspeichern

cacher

cachette

κρύπτη

κρύβω

mémoire cache

Zwischenspeicher

Vorrat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kæʃ/

Etymology

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