lay in

Questions about lay in

What does lay in mean?

lay in means "keep or lay aside for future use".

What is another word for lay in?

Close synonyms include store, hive away, put in, salt away, stack away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lay in a common word?

lay in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.