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stash

American  
[stash] / stæʃ /

verb (used with object)

  1. to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed byaway ).

    The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.

noun

  1. something put away or hidden.

    a stash of gold coins buried in the garden.

  2. a place in which something is stored secretly; hiding place; cache.

  3. Slang. a supply of hidden drugs.

stash British  
/ stæʃ /

verb

  1. informal to put or store (money, valuables, etc) in a secret place, as for safekeeping

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. informal a secret store or the place where this is hidden

  2. slang drugs kept for personal consumption

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of stash

1775–85; blend of stow and cache

Explanation

When you stash something, you stow it away to use it later. Your little brother might stash his Halloween candy under his bed, for example. Use the word stash as a verb that means "hoard" or "stockpile," or as a noun — a pirate's secret pile of gold doubloons can be called a stash, and so can the collection of overdue library books you've got piled beside your bed. The verb version of stash was originally a late 1700's criminals' slang word meaning "conceal." It may have come from a combination of stow and cache.

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Satoshi's stash of more than a million Bitcoins represents 5% of all the currency, as the inventor decided there would only ever be 21 million coins created.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Her son turns out to be Mr. Nivola’s character, the kind of guy who has a stash of $100 bills in a kitchen drawer for odds and ends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Homeland Security Investigations discovered the digital stash during a March 2025 raid on the Riverside County home of Paul Aurelio McClain, according to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

The value of that stash is now about $4.7 billion dollars less.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

When they’d found a stash of dried reindeer meat at the bottom of a travel pack in one of the camps, it had been like some kind of miracle.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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