From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstashstash1 /stæʃ/ verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition] informalHIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEE to store something secretly or safely somewherestash something away He has money stashed away in the Bahamas.stash in/under You can stash your gear in here.→ See Verb table
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stash• But if you stash 90 % of your money in a savings account, your overall results will almost inevitably be mediocre.• All thoughts of Seal Sands Lock were stashed away, safe from the mockery of people like Gazzer.• Go ahead and use all the boxes of gift soaps stashed in drawers and closets.• Narcotics that would have been smuggled inside the institution, she said, were instead found stashed in the visitors' restroom.• Somewhere around there she can stash Jamie's things.• The late president supposedly stashed millions of dollars in Swiss bank accounts.• Museum curators know this because whale bones stashed on archival shelves will weep lipids for decades.• Meanwhile, it was worth turning our house over to see if Albie had stashed the drugs inside.• Where did you stash the drugs?• He would pull over later and stash the manual in the compartment beneath the battery.stash something away• She found the bottle of liquor that Bill had stashed away.stashstash2 noun [countable] MDDHIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEan amount of something that is kept in a secret place, especially money, weapons, or drugs SYN hoard Mike went into the bedroom to check on his stash.stash of a stash of drugsExamples from the Corpus
stash• The latter grudgingly handed over a stash of notes.• Police experts were sifting a stash of spare parts this week searching for the identities of yet more machines.• It's not as if there was a stash of notes that he could extort from Stone and take away with him.• Miguel headed back to his apartment to check on his stash.• Sure, he had always suspected Firebug of digging up his stash.• Dennis soothed him, guiding him into the living room and showing him my stash of porno magazines.• And there were the stashes of booze, if nobody found them.stash of• a stash of weaponsFrom Longman Business Dictionarystashstash /stæʃ/ verb [transitive] informal to store something, especially money, in a safe, often secret placestash something awayHe has money stashed away in the Bahamas.The multi-millionaire apparently had £250 million stashed in overseas accounts. —stash noun [countable]After 20 years, she would have an after-tax stash of $467,000 in her taxable account.→ See Verb table 