stash

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæʃ/

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• Homophone: stache
• Rhymes: -æʃ

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps a blend of stick +‎ cache or stow +‎ cache.

Noun

stash (plural stashes)

1. A collection, sometimes hidden; a reserve.

   They had quite a stash of food saved up for emergencies.

2. (slang) A place where drugs are stored.

   The dealers managed to store the dope in the stash just in time to avoid being caught by the police.

Translations

collection

• Finnish: kätkö (fi)
• French: réserve secrète f, planque (fr) f, cachette (fr) f
• German: geheimes Lager n
• Russian: тайни́к (ru) m (tajník); (colloquial) зага́шник (ru) m (zagášnik); (slang or colloquial) ны́чка (ru) f (nýčka), заны́чка f (zanýčka), зана́чка (ru) f (zanáčka),
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• Serbo-Croatian: zaliha (sh), tajna zaliha, залиха f, тајна залиха f
• Spanish: reserva (es), secreto (es), depósito (es) m, alijo (es) m
• Turkish: gizli depo (tr)

Verb

1. To hide or store away for later use.

   He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar.

Synonyms

• hive up

Translations

store away for later use

• Dutch: opslaan (nl), opbergen (nl), verstoppen (nl)
• Finnish: kätkeä (fi)
• French: mettre de côté (fr)
• German: bunkern (de), verstecken (de)
• Italian: mettere da parte
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• Portuguese: reservar (pt)
• Russian: припря́тывать (ru) (priprjátyvatʹ), (slang) ны́кать (ru) (nýkatʹ)
• Spanish: reservar (es)
• Turkish: emin yere saklamak (tr)

Etymology 2

Apheretic clipping of mustache.

Noun

stash (plural stashes)

1. (nonstandard, informal, slang) mustache

Anagrams

• shats, thass