STASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stash mean? 

• STASH (noun)
  The noun STASH has 1 sense:

1. a secret store of valuables or money

  Familiarity information: STASH used as a noun is very rare.

• STASH (verb)
  The verb STASH has 1 sense:

1. save up as for future use

  Familiarity information: STASH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A secret store of valuables or money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

cache; hoard; stash

Hypernyms ("stash" is a kind of...):

fund; stock; store (a supply of something available for future use)

Derivation:

stash (save up as for future use)

• STASH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they stash    ... he / she / it stashes   
Past simple: stashed   
Past participle: stashed   
-ing form: stashing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Save up as for future use

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

cache; hive up; hoard; lay away; squirrel away; stash

Hypernyms (to "stash" is one way to...):

lay aside; save; save up (accumulate money for future use)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They stash the money in the closet

Derivation:

stash (a secret store of valuables or money)