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单词 salts 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

salts away

verb

present tense third-person singular of salt away
as in stores
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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  • stores
  • stashes
  • hoards
  • squirrels (away)
  • sets aside
  • lays away
  • treasures
  • accumulates
  • stockpiles
  • deposits
  • lays in
  • caches
  • lays up
  • collects
  • rounds up
  • acquires
  • stows
  • conserves
  • saves
  • piles
  • preserves
  • stacks
  • lays by
  • scrapes (together)
  • keeps
  • gathers
  • assembles
  • puts by
  • stocks
  • retains
  • banks
  • garners
  • husbands
  • reserves
  • amasses
  • concentrates
  • heaps
  • picks up
  • conceals
  • sets by
  • buries
  • coffers
  • withholds
  • secretes
  • holds
  • ensconces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • throws away
  • flings (off or away)
  • casts
  • ditches
  • discards
  • dumps
  • throws out
  • hands out
  • unloads
  • consumes
  • wastes
  • hands over
  • spends
  • surrenders
  • runs through
  • relinquishes
  • jettisons
  • squanders
  • blows
  • fritters (away)
  • dissipates
  • exhausts
  • depletes
  • expends
  • misspends
  • impoverishes
  • uses up
  • disperses
  • scatters
  • dispels
  • dissipates
  • lavishes
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