stashed; stashing; stashes
: to store in a usually secret place for future use
—often used with away
Synonyms
Examples of stash in a Sentence
Verb
The police found where he had stashed the drugs.
The gifts were stashed in the closet.
He stashed the equipment under the bed.
We wondered what they had stashed in their backpacks.
Noun
keeps a stash of tissues in her desk in case anyone needs one
Recent Examples on the Web
Alex Harring, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2024
The gun eventually ended up with my brother, who lived for years in Dodge City, Kan., and stashed it at a place called, yes, Gunsmoke Storage.
—Katy Roberts, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Once the snack stash is depleted, Crownholm will pop them in a coffee pot to warm something up, microwave and freeze food in hotel rooms or an RV and even marinate meat or veggies to BBQ while camping.
—Nicole Pajer, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
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Verb
Olivia Locarno said she’s stashed money from jobs at Chick-fil-A and Starbucks in a savings account for books and dorm room essentials.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2024
The gun eventually ended up with my brother, who lived for years in Dodge City, Kan., and stashed it at a place called, yes, Gunsmoke Storage.
—Katy Roberts, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Noun
Divers retrieved some copper pots, among other items, but the most valuable cargo remained elusive, save for what seems to have been a small stash of gold found by a twelve-year-old boy, which soon vanished from the site.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Once the snack stash is depleted, Crownholm will pop them in a coffee pot to warm something up, microwave and freeze food in hotel rooms or an RV and even marinate meat or veggies to BBQ while camping.
—Nicole Pajer, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
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“Stash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stash. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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stash
1 of 2 verb
: to store in a usually secret place for future use
stash
2 of 2 noun1
: a hiding place
used the cupboard as a secret stash
2
: something stored or hidden away
had a stash of money in the closet
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