stash

noun

1. (countable)A collection, sometimes hidden.

   “Near-synonyms: cache, reserve, hoard”

   “They had quite a stash of food saved up for emergencies.”

   “If you want *real* booze, not the wash they serve here, come to my secret stash spot.”

2. (US, countable, informal, slang)A place where drugs are stored.

   “The dealers managed to store the dope in the stash just in time to avoid being caught by the police.”

3. (UK, slang, uncountable)Clothing or other items branded with a particular university club or society's logo.

   “Near-synonyms: merch, swag”

   “We've now ordered stash for everyone who said they wanted some.”

4. (countable)A collection of yarn or other materials not yet allocated to any particular craft project.

   “My stash is mostly unfinished objects on the needles. I have one bag of yarn that I bought to make a coat.”

5. (informal, nonstandard, slang)A mustache.

verb

1. (transitive)To hide or store away for later use.

   “He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar.”

   ““Landlord,” said I, “tell him to stash his tomahawk there, or pipe, or whatever you call it; tell him to stop smoking, in short, and I will turn in with him.”

   “All of the Do The Right Thing characters who are caught up in the quagmire of racial politics are male, while the women in the movie […] are all safely stashed away in their domestic spaces.”

name

1. A surname from German.