CACHE

Pronunciation (US):

• CACHE (noun)
  The noun CACHE has 3 senses:

1. a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
2. a secret store of valuables or money
3. (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics

  Familiarity information: CACHE used as a noun is uncommon.

• CACHE (verb)
  The verb CACHE has 1 sense:

1. save up as for future use

  Familiarity information: CACHE used as a verb is very rare.

• CACHE (noun)

Meaning:

A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cache" is a kind of...):

storage space (the area in any structure that provides space for storage)

Meaning:

A secret store of valuables or money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

hoard; stash; cache

Hypernyms ("cache" is a kind of...):

fund; stock; store (a supply of something available for future use)

Meaning:

(computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

memory cache; cache

Hypernyms ("cache" is a kind of...):

buffer; buffer storage; buffer store ((computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cache"):

disk cache (a cache that stores copies of frequently used disk sectors in random access memory (RAM) so they can be read without accessing the slower disk)

• CACHE (verb)

Meaning:

Save up as for future use

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

squirrel away; lay away; hoard; hive up; cache; stash

Hypernyms (to "cache" is one way to...):

lay aside; save; save up (feather one's nest; have a nest egg)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They cache the money in the closet