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salting away

salting away is the present participle and gerund 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 salting away

What is salting away the present participle and gerund of?
Salting away is the present participle and gerund of salt away.

Words near salting away in the dictionary

  1. saltine
  2. saltines
  3. saltiness
  4. saltinesses
  5. salting
  6. salting away
  7. salting down
  8. salting out
  9. salting the earth
  10. salting the mine
  11. salting up

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