geocache

noun

1. A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.

   “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).”

   “The treasures in this case are geocaches, those little plastic boxes of goodies that are hidden all over the earth.”

   “2006, 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.”

verb

1. (intransitive)To participate in geocaching.

   “Those who have never geocached assume that it must be a really easy game;”

   “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).”

   “The team, which has more than 68000 finds between them, geocached across all 50 U.S. states in just 10 days.”

2. (transitive)To hide or seek a geocache.