cache

«cache» in Mova's school dictionary: a hidden store of things, such as food, weapons or treasure — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a cache, caches); verb (cache, caches, cached, caching)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cache is a hidden store of things, such as food, weapons or treasure. tree →

2) (computers) A cache is a place in a computer or phone where data is kept for a while so it can be found quickly next time. tree →

3) To cache something is to store it in a cache, hidden or for quick use. tree →

sense in the lessons

In nature lessons, squirrels and jays make caches of nuts for winter. In computing lessons, a browser cache keeps copies of web pages; «clear the cache» can fix a problem. In geocaching, families use GPS to find hidden boxes called caches. Phrases: «a cache of», «clear the cache», «geocaching».

examples

• The squirrel buried a cache of acorns. tree →
• Police found a cache of stolen phones. tree →
• Clear your browser's cache if the page won't load. tree →
• The phone caches photos so they load faster. tree →
• We found a geocache hidden under a log. tree →
• The explorers left a cache of food for the way back. tree →

note

Pronounced «cash», like money. Do not confuse with «cash» (money) or «catch»; and not with French «cachet». Countable noun; regular verb (cached).

In the corpora

• Other playground games: cache-cache (hide and seek) and la marelle (hopscotch).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cache» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.