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S0046500 (sôlt)n.1. A usually whitish crystalline solid, chiefly sodium chloride, used extensively in ground or granulated form as a food seasoning and preservative. Also called common salt, table salt.2. An ionic chemical compound formed by replacing all or part of the hydrogen ions of an acid with metal ions or other cations.3. salts Any of various mineral salts used as laxatives or cathartics.4. salts Smelling salts.5. often salts Epsom salts.6. An element that gives flavor or zest.7. Sharp lively wit.8. Informal A sailor, especially when old or experienced.9. A saltcellar.adj.1. Containing or filled with salt: a salt spray; salt tears.2. Having a salty taste or smell: breathed the salt air.3. Preserved in salt or a salt solution: salt mackerel.4. a. Flooded with seawater.b. Found in or near such a flooded area: salt grasses.tr.v. salt·ed, salt·ing, salts 1. To add, treat, season, or sprinkle with salt.2. To cure or preserve by treating with salt or a salt solution.3. To provide salt for (deer or cattle).4. To add zest or liveliness to: salt a lecture with anecdotes.5. To give an appearance of value to by fraudulent means, especially to place valuable minerals in (a mine) for the purpose of deceiving.Phrasal Verbs: salt away To put aside; save. salt out To separate (a dissolved substance) by adding salt to the solution.Idioms: salt of the earth1. A person or group considered as embodying simplicity and moral integrity.2. Archaic A person or group considered the best or most worthy part of society. worth (one's) salt Efficient and capable.

[Middle English, from Old English sealt; see sal- in Indo-European roots.]

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S0046500 (sôlt)abbr. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

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vb (tr, adverb) to hoard or save (money, valuables, etc)

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Verb

salt away - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"hive away, lay in, stack away, stash away, store, put inbin - store in binskeep, hold on - retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married"computerise, computerize - store in a computer; "computerized dictionary"victual - lay in provisions; "The vessel victualled before the long voyage"collect, compile, accumulate, amass, roll up, hoard, pile up - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"hive - store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"

salt

nounInformal. A person engaged in sailing or working on a ship:jack (uppercase), jack-tar, mariner, navigator, sailor, sea dog, seafarer, seaman.Informal: tar.Slang: gob.phrasal verb
salt away1. To reserve for the future:keep, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, save (up), set by.2. To place (money) in a bank:bank, deposit, lay away.Informal: sock away.

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salt away

To put something into storage for use at a later date. An allusion to preserving foods, especially meats, by curing them with salt. A noun or pronoun can be used between "salt" and "away." Over the years I've taken to salting away lots of bottled water and nonperishable foods, in case of an emergency. You'd be wise to salt some of your paycheck away each month.See also: away, salt

salt something away

1. Lit. to store and preserve a foodstuff by salting it. The farmer's wife salted a lot of fish and hams away for the winter. She salted away a lot of food. 2. Fig. to store something; to place something in reserve. I need to salt some money away for my retirement. I will salt away some money for emergencies.See also: away, salt

salt away

Also, salt down. Keep in reserve, store, save, as in He salted away most of his earnings in a bank account. This idiom alludes to using salt as a food preservative. [Mid-1800s] See also: away, salt

salt away

v. To save or store something for future use: I salted away money from my summer job to pay for college. I bought 20 packs of paper towels that were on sale, and I salted them away.See also: away, salt

salt away, to

To put aside funds for future use. Treating fish or meat with salt is an ancient way of preserving it, antedating modern refrigeration by centuries. In the nineteenth century the term, also put as to salt down, began to be used figuratively for saving money. “No one to hinder you from salting away as many millions as you can carry off!” wrote R. W. Chambers (Maids of Paradise, 1902). Also see save for a rainy day.See also: salt

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verb keep or lay aside for future use

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