Meanings
plural geocaches
- A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.
The treasures in this case are geocaches, those little plastic boxes of goodies that are hidden all over the earth.
2006, Michael Purvis, Jeffrey Sambells, Cameron Turner, Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax: From Novice to Professional, page 323 more examples
Regardless of the final name, can we please replace the word "stash" with "cache"? "GPS Cache Hunt" and "Geocache" still sound find. I believe it still works with all of the variations that David came up with (Geocaching, geocacher, etc).
[2000 May 30, Matt Stum, “Cache vs. Stash”, in Geocaching, published 2020-11-26, archived from the original on 19 May 20222006, National Science Teachers Association, Illinois Association of Chemistry Teachers, American Science Teachers Association, The Science Teacher, Volume 73, Issues 1-4, page 56, Latitude and longitude coordinates for the location of these hidden geocaches are downloaded from the internet (at sites such as www. geocaching.com) and loaded on a GPS receiver.
With school out for the summer, Jason and Sarah sat down and mapped a strategy to find the geocaches at each of the state's seventy-two parks and recreation areas.
2010, Doug Ohman, Chris Niskanen, Prairie, Lake, Forest: Minnesota's State Parks, page 102
present singular third person geocaches · participle present geocaching · participle past geocached · past geocached
- intransitiveTo participate in geocaching.
Those who have never geocached assume that it must be a really easy game;
2004, Mike Dyer, The Essential Guide to Geocaching: Tracking Treasure with Your GPS, page 682 more examples
And, in line with the third preference that Kahn observed, nearly all of the places I've geocached have been easy to navigate (and would have been easy even without a GPS).
2006, Margot Anne Kelley, Local Treasures: Geocaching Across America, page 142The team, which has more than 68000 finds between them, geocached across all 50 U.S. states in just 10 days.
2010, Paul Gillin, Dana Gillin, The Joy of Geocaching: How to Find Health, Happiness and Creative Energy Through a Worldwide Treasure Hunt, page 131
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From geo- + cache. Suggested by participants in the mailing list gpsstash@egroups.com in May 2000, replacing the earlier gpsstash (see quotations below).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch geocache, cache
- geocachehidden item in geocaching
- cachehidden item in geocaching
- geocachento participate in geocaching
- cachento participate in geocaching
Finnish kätkö, geokätkö
- kätköhidden item in geocaching
- geokätköhidden item in geocaching
- geokätköilläto participate in geocaching
- kätkeäto hide or seek a geocache
- etsiäto hide or seek a geocache
German Geocache, Cache
- Geocachehidden item in geocaching
- Cachehidden item in geocaching
Hungarian geoláda, geoládázik
- geoládahidden item in geocaching
- geoládázikto participate in geocaching
- keresto hide or seek a geocache
- rejtto hide or seek a geocache
Cite this entry
geocache. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geocache
“geocache.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geocache. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geocache,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geocache.
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