cache

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
noun a secret store of valuables or money
noun (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics

From French cache (as used by French Canadian trappers to mean “hiding place for stores”), from the verb cacher (“to hide”).

We might find a cache of jewels." — Red Nails, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
It's nothing to crow over; it's nothing to cache. — The Treasure of Pearls: A Romance of Adventures in California, Gustave Aimard
The last cache of supplies was left at latitude 85°. — Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania, Jewett C. (Jewett Castello) Gilson

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