away
adverb (INTO PLACE) /əˈweɪ/Definition
B1 in or into the usual or a suitable place, especially one that can be closed: Would you put the ice cream away in the freezer? My grandparents had £800 hidden away in an old shoe box.Separateness and isolation in spaceAlone
(Definition of away adverb (INTO PLACE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- apart adverb (SEPARATED)
- away adverb (SOMEWHERE ELSE)
- bitty adjective
- clear adverb
- cloistered adjective (SEPARATE)
- detached adjective (SEPARATE)
- disconnected adjective
- divorced adjective (SUBJECTS)
- freely adverb (ABLE TO MOVE EASILY)
- give sth/sb a wide berth idiom
- hermetically sealed adjective
- isolated adjective
- loose adjective (NOT FIXED)
- loosely adverb (NOT FIXED)
- parted adjective
- privacy noun
- private adjective (PERSONAL)
- purdah noun
- unattached adjective (NOT CONNECTED)
- uninhabited adjective
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