Salvage

Quick meaning: Salvage is a noun meaning The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.

Meaning

The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.

More Meanings

1. The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
2. The compensation paid to the rescuers.
3. The money from the sale of rescued goods.
4. The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
5. (sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
6. (transitive, of property, people or situations at risk) To rescue.
7. The process of acquiring, dismantling, and stocking the pieces of old property such as ships, houses, and vehicles, so that they can be sold on to be reused or recycled.

Example Sentences

salvage cars auction

Prove or disprove, and salvage if possible.

Cornels, and ſalvage Berries of the Wood, / And Roots and Herbs have been my meagre Food.

Robin van Persie looked to have secured the points for the Gunners with a fine goal from Theo Walcott's through ball. But Perisic dipped a sublime 20-yard shot home to salvage a draw.

Word Forms

• salvages
• salvaging
• salvaged

Synonyms for salvage

Depending on context, synonyms include salve, relieve, scavenge, save.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scavenge, salve, save, relieve, lifeboat, bridge.

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