noun

1. a place in which stores of food, supplies, etc. are hidden, as by explorers or trappers
2. a safe place for hiding or storing things
3. anything stored or hidden in such a place

Etymology: Fr < cacher, conceal < VL *coacticare, store up, collect, compress < L coactare, constrain < coactus, pp. of cogere, to collect: see cogent

transitive verb cached, caching cach′·ing