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salts away

salts away is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 salts away

What is salts away the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Salts away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of salt away.

Words near salts away in the dictionary

  1. saltpetring
  2. saltpetrous
  3. Saltpond
  4. saltproof
  5. salts
  6. salts away
  7. salts down
  8. salts out
  9. salts the earth
  10. salts the mine
  11. salts up

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