name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stash
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/stæʃ/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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homophone: stache
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rhymes with -æʃ
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CMU ARPABET: S T AE1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A collection, sometimes hidden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- Near-synonyms: cache, reserve, hoard
- They had quite a stash of food saved up for emergencies.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cache, reserve, hoard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A place where drugs are stored.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, informal, slang
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
Examples
- The dealers managed to store the dope in the stash just in time to avoid being caught by the police.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Clothing or other items branded with a particular university club or society's logo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang, uncountable
Examples
- Near-synonyms: merch, swag
- We've now ordered stash for everyone who said they wanted some.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: merch, swag
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A collection of yarn or other materials not yet allocated to any particular craft project.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A mustache.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, nonstandard, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To hide or store away for later use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hive up
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a secret store of valuables or money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hoard, cache
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: store, stock, fund
verb
Meaning 9
save up as for future use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hoard, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: save, lay aside, save up
History
Etymology
Americanized spelling of German Stasch.
Unknown. Perhaps a blend of stick + cache or stow + cache.
Apheretic clipping of mustache.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: таен склад (taen sklad) — collection
- Catalan: reserva — collection
- Catalan: amagatall — collection
- Catalan: partida — collection
- Catalan: dipòsit (de droga, contraban) — collection
- Finnish: kätkö — collection
- French: réserve secrète — collection
- French: planque — collection
- French: cachette — collection
- German: (geheimes) Versteck — collection
- German: Vorrat — collection
- Portuguese: reserva — collection
- Portuguese: esconderijo — collection
- Russian: тайни́к (tajník) — collection
- Russian: зага́шник (zagášnik) — collection
- Russian: ны́чка (nýčka) — collection
- Russian: заны́чка (zanýčka) — collection
- Russian: зана́чка (zanáčka) — collection
- Serbo-Croatian: zaliha — collection
- Serbo-Croatian: tajna zaliha — collection
- Serbo-Croatian: залиха — collection
- Serbo-Croatian: тајна залиха — collection
- Spanish: reserva — collection
- Spanish: secreto — collection
- Spanish: depósito — collection
- Spanish: alijo — collection
- Swedish: gömma — collection
- Turkish: gizli depo — collection
- Bulgarian: скътвам (skǎtvam) — store away for later use
- Catalan: reservar — store away for later use
- Dutch: opslaan — store away for later use
- Dutch: opbergen — store away for later use
- Dutch: verstoppen — store away for later use
- Finnish: kätkeä — store away for later use
- French: mettre de côté — store away for later use
- German: bunkern — store away for later use
- German: verstecken — store away for later use
- Indonesian: menimbun — store away for later use
- Italian: mettere da parte — store away for later use
- Italian: mettere in serbo — store away for later use
- Portuguese: reservar — store away for later use
- Portuguese: guardar — store away for later use
- Portuguese: arrecadar — store away for later use
- Russian: припря́тывать (priprjátyvatʹ) — store away for later use
- Russian: припря́тать (priprjátatʹ) — store away for later use
- Russian: ны́кать (nýkatʹ) — store away for later use
- Spanish: reservar — store away for later use
- Turkish: emin yere saklamak — store away for later use
Real reading context