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Added 9 October 2026

cache

/kæʃ/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cache at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
A secret store of valuables or money.
(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.

verb

Save up as for future use.

Origin

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

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