Stash
verbTo store something safely or secretly for later use.
How to spell stash
5 letters · 1 syllable
How to pronounce stash
What does stash mean?
- verbTo store something safely or secretly for later use.
- nounA secret or carefully kept supply of something.
Stash in a sentence
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verb
She likes to stash a spare key under the flowerpot.
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noun
She kept a stash of chocolate in the desk drawer for late nights.
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verb
He would stash his bonus in a savings account every year.
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noun
The police uncovered a stash of stolen jewellery in the garage.
Where does stash come from?
Language of origin: Other
Stash first appears in English in the early nineteenth century as thieves' slang, and its exact parentage is genuinely uncertain. The most popular explanation treats it as a blend of two existing words: 'stow', meaning to pack something away, and 'cache', the French-derived term for a hidden store of goods. Both verb and noun senses arose at almost the same time, which fits a word coined inside criminal and underworld jargon for hiding stolen property. Because it began as informal slang rather than a learned borrowing, it never picked up any silent letters or fussy spelling, and the modern form maps cleanly onto its sound. Today it sits comfortably in ordinary speech for any quiet hoard, whether of cash, snacks, or supplies, having shed its purely criminal flavour.
How the word is built
- stash (a single root word, possibly a blend of 'stow' meaning to pack away and 'cache' meaning a hidden store)
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