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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cache/#m1)

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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cache/#m2)

3) To cache something is to store it in a cache, hidden or for quick use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cache/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cache/#x1)
- Police found a cache of stolen phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cache/#x2)
- Clear your browser's cache if the page won't load. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cache/#x3)
- The phone caches photos so they load faster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cache/#x4)
- We found a geocache hidden under a log. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cache/#x5)
- The explorers left a cache of food for the way back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cache/#x6)

### 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).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/23-hobbies-and-sport/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cache» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cache/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.