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cache

/kæʃ/

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For computer storage, say cash.

Use one syllable and end with sh. The final e is silent.

1 syllable

Also listed with 2 syllables.

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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

What does cache mean?

noun

  1. Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals for practical reasons.
  2. A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
  3. A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
More meanings (6)

verb

  1. To place in a cache.
  2. To store data in a cache.
  3. To participate in geocaching.
  4. To hide or seek a geocache.
  5. to store up, stockpile

noun

  1. Misspelling of cachet.

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IPA pronunciation

/kæʃ/

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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/keɪʃ/
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Sous son mantelet elle cache une aile, Son bonnet charmant est à peine éclos.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
We must not omit to mention the important foundry of Larnaud, or the CACHE of Saint-Pierre-en-Chatre, both so rich in bronze objects.
Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de NadaillacManners and Monuments of Prehistoric PeoplesTranslated by N. D'AnversProject Gutenberg ebook #3309
More book examples (3)
We hastened back and found three young men of the Ooqueesiksillik tribe, who had found their cache robbed and traced the tracks to our igloo.
William H. (William Henry) GilderSchwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin RecordsProject Gutenberg ebook #6594
On the way, whenever opportunity presented itself, they were to cache provisions at intervals along the coast in places liable to be visited by sledging parties.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
One hears strange, suggestive words and phrases--arapajo, capote, arroyo, the diamond hitch, cache, butte, coulé, muskegs, portage, and a dozen others coined into the tender of daily use.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe ForestProject Gutenberg ebook #9376