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salted away

salted away is the simple past and past participle of salt away.

Meaning of salt away

Verb

salt away (third-person singular simple present salts away, present participle salting away, simple past and past participle salted away)

  1. (dated, transitive) To salt (something) for preservation and then store it away for winter.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To save or preserve (especially money) for future use.
    • "You have more than two thousand salted away, I know, Moses, between prize-money, wages, adventures, and other matters."1863, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 2, in Miles Wallingford

Questions about salted away

What is salted away the simple past and past participle of?
Salted away is the simple past and past participle of salt away.

Words near salted away in the dictionary

  1. Saltdal
  2. Saltdean
  3. saltdome
  4. saltdomes
  5. salted
  6. salted away
  7. salted bomb
  8. salted bombs
  9. salted down
  10. salted egg
  11. salted eggs

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