Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salt away

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables: salt -away
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To salt (something) for preservation and then store it away for winter.

Dated; Transitive verb

verb

To save or preserve (especially money) for future use.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

""You have more than two thousand salted away, I know, Moses, between prize-money, wages, adventures, and other matters.""
"Some of the stockholders . . . wanted to leave the money invested. "Salt away that chicken feed in your duds, and skip along," says Buck. "What business have you got investing in bonds?""

Etymology

An allusion to the preservation of food in salt.

Usage

Inflected Forms

salts away (present, singular) salting away (participle, present) salted away (participle, past) salted away (past)

Synonyms

store hive away lay in put in stack away stash away

Questions

What does salt away mean?: To salt (something) for preservation and then store it away for winter.
Where does salt away come from?: An allusion to the preservation of food in salt.

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