Pronunciation guide

How to pronounce cache

KASH - one syllable, exactly like 'cash'

US/kæʃ/

kæʃ

UK/kæʃ/

kæʃ

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Common mistake

Not 'ka-SHAY' - that is 'cachet'. This one is just 'cash'.

What “cache” means

A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.

Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals for practical reasons.

In a sentence

  • Members of the 29-man Discovery team laid down caches to allow the polar team to travel light, hopping from cache to cache on their return journey.
  • The explorer hid a small cache of food and maps in the hollow of a tree for later retrieval.

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