cache

Definition

A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "Near-synonym: stash"
• "Members of the 29-man Discovery team laid down caches to allow the polar team to travel light, hopping from cache to cache on their return journey."
• "I came across a cache of old photos / And invitations to teenage parties"