stash

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/stæʃ/

noun 5verb 1name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

illegal, intact, large, little, old, secret

VERB + STASH

buried, find, found, keep, netted, police, tell

STASH + NOUN

cigarettes, food, guacamole, money, peanuts, steroids, tomahawk, weapons

PREP.

in, on

ADV.

quite, somewhere

Definitions

noun

A collection, sometimes hidden.

Near-synonyms: cache, reserve

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

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.

Clothing or other items branded with a particular university club or society's logo.

Near-synonyms: merch, swag

We've now ordered stash for everyone who said they wanted some.

A collection of yarn or other materials not yet allocated to any particular craft project.

My stash is mostly unfinished objects on the needles. I have one bag of yarn that I bought to make a coat.

verb

To hide or store away for later use.

He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar.

“Landlord,” said I, “tell him to stash his tomahawk there, or pipe, or whatever you call it; tell him to stop smoking, in short, and I will turn in with him.

noun

A mustache.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a secret store of valuables or money

verb — save up as for future use

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Near-synonyms: cache, reserve

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

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If you want *real* booze, not the wash they serve here, come to my secret stash spot.

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He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar.

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“Landlord,” said I, “tell him to stash his tomahawk there, or pipe, or whatever you call it; tell him to stop smoking, in short, and I will turn in with him.

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All of the Do The Right Thing characters who are caught up in the quagmire of racial politics are male, while the women in the movie […] are all safely stashed away in their domestic spaces.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, stash is marked as informal, slang, US, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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