stash
stash
Definition
☆ stash (stas̸h)
transitive verb
to put or hide away (money, valuables, etc.) in a secret or safe place, as for future use
noun
- a place for hiding things
- something hidden away; specif., a hidden supply of an illegal drug
stash
Usage Examples
Object
- cash: So stash enough cash for a taxi if you're going to party late into the night.
- money: Yes, Sun generates cash every quarter and stashes the money away in its vault.
Converse of object
- have: Should April showers strike, the driver has a plentiful stash of plastic macs.
Adjective modifier
- hidden: Well the nice folks at Terminal Reality have left hidden stashes of cash all over the courses.
- huge: The police search uncovers a huge stash of cannabis hidden in the belly of the bus.
- small: More intriguing still, each carried a small stash of $ 100 bills issued in sequence.
- own: There may be one or two that immediately spring to mind from your own stash.
- large: The author argues that there is more to a successful retirement than amassing a large stash of money.
Modifying Another Word
- safely: With all this knowledge safely stashed in the memory banks you should be set for a fine summer's cruising.
- somewhere: In fact, I ended up reviewing something for her magazine, a copy of which I've got stashed away somewhere.
- away: Enabling you to stash away whatever you want inside.
- then: Society Description If you have an instrument stashed away then drag it out and give it a blow through.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- away: Special seat back holders allow you to stash away all the essentials for the journey.
Preposition: in
- bank: With all this knowledge safely stashed in the memory banks you should be set for a fine summer's cruising.
- account: Our dictator fallen today will miss his millions stashed in mountainous bank accounts.
Preposition: of
- cash: Well the nice folks at Terminal Reality have left hidden stashes of cash all over the courses.
- drug: You're mounted on a motor bike and must crush stashes of drugs and collect crystals.
- money: But the next morning, Joan adds that Jerry has been shot and killed by the police and their stash of money recovered.
- gold: Without his stash of gold there, Harry would be entirely dependent on the ghastly Dursleys.
- food: Vikki finds a stash of food in Briony's bag - she breaks down; Matt vows to help her.
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