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noun ADJ. soluble | potassium, sodium, etc. | mineral, rock, sea | common, cooking, table | celery, garlic QUANT. grain | pinch VERB + SALT add, put in/on, season sth with, sprinkle (sth with) Don't put so much salt on your chips! SALT + NOUN crystal | solution | content foods with a high salt content | intake He wants to reduce his salt intake. | cellar, pot, shaker | air, spray, water | marsh | mine PHRASES high/low in salt, salt and pepper Add salt and pepper to taste (= in the quantity preferred).FOOD
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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salt sth away
[ M ] informal
to save something, often money, secretly
• He salted away a fortune over the years and no one ever knew!
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs