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单词 salt away
释义

salt away

verb

salted away; salting away; salts away

transitive verb

: to lay away (something valuable, such as money) safely : save

Synonyms

  • cache
  • hoard
  • lay away
  • lay by
  • lay in
  • lay up
  • put by
  • squirrel (away)
  • stash
  • stockpile
  • store
  • stow
  • treasure
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Example Sentences

salted away some jewels in a safe-deposit box for the lean times

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1890, in the meaning defined above

salt away

verb

as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place salted away some jewels in a safe-deposit box for the lean times

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • store
  • stash
  • set aside
  • lay away
  • put by
  • hoard
  • squirrel (away)
  • lay in
  • accumulate
  • treasure
  • lay up
  • stockpile
  • lay by
  • cache
  • round up
  • collect
  • save
  • stow
  • acquire
  • deposit
  • conserve
  • preserve
  • pile
  • scrape (together)
  • set by
  • stack
  • keep
  • gather
  • assemble
  • stock
  • retain
  • bank
  • husband
  • garner
  • reserve
  • amass
  • heap
  • concentrate
  • pick up
  • bury
  • conceal
  • withhold
  • hold
  • secrete
  • coffer
  • ensconce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • throw away
  • fling (off or away)
  • cast
  • throw out
  • ditch
  • dump
  • discard
  • hand out
  • unload
  • hand over
  • waste
  • jettison
  • consume
  • spend
  • surrender
  • relinquish
  • squander
  • lavish
  • use up
  • blow
  • fritter (away)
  • run through
  • dissipate
  • exhaust
  • expend
  • deplete
  • scatter
  • disperse
  • impoverish
  • dispel
  • dissipate
  • misspend
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