stash
/stæʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Clothing or other items branded with a particular university club or society's logo.
British usage; Slang; Uncountable
noun
A collection of yarn or other materials not yet allocated to any particular craft project.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: cache, reserve, hoard"
- "They had quite a stash of food saved up for emergencies."
- "If you want *real* booze, not the wash they serve here, come to my secret stash spot."
- "The dealers managed to store the dope in the stash just in time to avoid being caught by the police."
- "Near-synonyms: merch, swag"
- "We've now ordered stash for everyone who said they wanted some."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Stasch
Usage
- Countable
- American usage
- Informal
- Slang
- British usage
- Uncountable
- Transitive verb