Search Result for "cache": pronunciation
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons);

2. a secret store of valuables or money;
[syn: hoard, cache, stash]

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;
[syn: cache, memory cache]


VERB (1)

1. save up as for future use;
[syn: hoard, stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

cache \cache\ (k[a^]sh), n. [F., a hiding place, fr. cacher to conceal, to hide.] 1. A hole in the ground, or other hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry. --Kane. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is hidden in a cache[2]; a hoard; a stockpile. [PJC] 3. (Computers) A form of memory in a computer which has a faster access time than most of main memory, and is usually used to store the most frequently accessed data in main memory during execution of a program. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

cache \cache\ (k[a^]sh), v. t. To store in a cache[1]. [PJC] Cachectic
U.S. Gazetteer (1990):

Cache, IL Zip code(s): 62913 Cache, OK (town, FIPS 10700) Location: 34.62862 N, 98.61566 W Population (1990): 2251 (914 housing units) Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73527
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

85 Moby Thesaurus words for "cache": asylum, backlog, bank, bolt-hole, bosom, bottle up, bundle away, bury, coffer, conceal, concealment, corner, cover, covert, coverture, cranny, cubby, cubbyhole, dark corner, den, deposit, dugout, embosom, file, file and forget, foxhole, funk hole, hide, hide away, hideaway, hideout, hidey hole, hiding, hiding place, hoard, hole, hutch, keep hidden, keep secret, lair, lay away, lay down, lay in, lay in store, lock up, lodge, nest egg, niche, nook, pack away, plant, put away, recess, refuge, reposit, repository, reserve, reserve fund, reserve supply, reserves, reservoir, resource, retreat, salt away, salt down, sanctuary, savings, seal up, secret place, secrete, sinking fund, something in reserve, squirrel away, stash, stockpile, store, store away, stow, stow away, stow down, supply, undercovert, unexpended balance, vault, warehouse