Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salt the mine

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: salt the mine
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see salt, the, mine.

verb

To set up a confidence trick; to plant false evidence of the value of something.

Example Sentences

"He then discovered that Lovell had salted the mine with ore from the Little Pittsburgh."
"They then salted the “mine” with these gems, which the first expert dug up and brought to San Francisco."
"Smith had merely dug a shaft, salted the mine with a good grade ore, in order to lure Jeremiah into purchasing."
""Ferraz then salted the mine with the quality diamonds from Angola," Kubu continued, "making it look as though De Beers had made a mistake.""
""Yes. I thought it would be a shrewd move to salt the mine." I didn't get this. She seemed to me an aunt who was talking in riddles."
"“Salting the mine. We'll salt the mine.” Egan still didn't seem to understand. “You college boys, all that training and you can't see the nose on your face. We'll plant a body.”"

Inflected Forms

salts the mine (present, singular) salting the mine (participle, present) salted the mine (participle, past) salted the mine (past)

Questions

What does salt the mine mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see salt, the, mine.

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