Meaning & use
stache
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Meaning
nouncountableinformalslang
A casual, shortened word for a mustache, the hair that grows above a man's upper lip.
Grammar: Countable: a stache, his stache, two thick staches.
Patterns
- grow a stache
- sport a stache
My dad finally shaved off his stache after twenty years.
He grew a stache for charity last November.
That thick stache makes him look like a cowboy from an old film.
Word forms
| plural | staches |
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Common combinations
- grow a stache
- Several of my coworkers decided to grow a stache this month.
- thick stache
- The barista had a thick stache and a friendly smile.
- fake stache
- The kids wore fake staches for the costume party.
- trim your stache
- He stopped to trim his stache before the interview.
- handlebar stache
- The handlebar stache suited the old-fashioned barbershop.
Synonyms and how they differ
- mustache
- Mustache is the standard form that suits any situation, while stache is a casual abbreviation used among friends or online.
- moustache
- Moustache is the British spelling of mustache and is just as formal.
- tache
- Tache is the British informal shortening, where stache is more common in American speech.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: stache or stash?
stache vs stash
Stash means a hidden store of something, such as a stash of chocolate, and is spelled differently from stache even though they sound the same.
Practice
Which word is a casual short form of mustache?
Choose one answer.
Stache is the informal shortening of mustache. Stash sounds the same but means a hidden supply.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “stache”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.