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stash of booze

stash of booze

7.9
A hidden supply of alcohol someone keeps for later use
  • noun
  • Informal
translation icon : reserva de alcohol
  • He keeps a stash of booze in his garage for special occasions.

Examples

  • Whenever friends visit, her secret stash of booze comes out.

  • He had a secret stash of booze hidden in the basement.

  • They found an old stash of booze hidden behind the basement wall.

  • Did you find the stash of booze in the garage?

  • After a long day at work, he enjoyed a drink from his hidden stash of booze.

  • The party was lively, but nobody knew about her secret stash of booze in the basement.

  • During the camping trip, they discovered a stash of booze hidden under a rock near the fire pit.

Synonyms

cache
vsstash of booze
43 6.0

A secret store of things like money or food kept for future use

is limited to alcoholic drinks kept secretly for personal use
hoard
vsstash of booze
11 4.8

A secret collection of money or valuable things hidden for later use

is a hidden supply mainly of alcoholic drinks for private use

How Much

stockpile
45 4.2
stash of booze
  • Informal
7.9
keg
57 2.0
bottle
∞ 1.0
nip
11 7.8

Surface Forms

stash of booze singular
stashes of booze plural

Morphology

stash + of + booze

The meaning 'a hidden supply of alcoholic drinks' is directly and compositionally derived from 'stash' (a hidden supply) combined with 'booze' (alcohol), with the preposition 'of' simply linking the two nouns. This is a literal, everyday noun phrase following common cross-linguistic possession/partitive patterns (aside from the informal register of 'booze'), so a learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Stash of booze shows a simple image: someone makes a stash of bottles of booze in a secret place. So, that picture helps you remember it means a 'hidden supply of alcoholic drinks'.