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Pronunciation[change]
- (UK) (US) enPR: kăsh, IPA (key): /kæʃ/
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Noun[change]
- (countable) A cache is a store of things that might be needed in the future.
- The Antarctic expedition left food caches for the return journey.
- (countable) (computing) A cache is a temporary storage in a computer where recent information is stored.
- The computer periodically clears its cache.
Verb[change]
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- If you cache something, it means that you store something away.
- John decided that they must cache their weapons