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Verb: salvage sal-vij- Prevent being ruined, destroyed, lost, or harmed
- salve, relieve, save - Collect discarded or refused material
"She salvaged the garbage cans for food" - scavenge Noun: salvage sal-vij- Property or goods saved from damage or destruction
- The act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
- The act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
Derived forms: salvages, salvaging, salvaged See also: salvager Type of: belongings, collect, commodity, deliver, deliverance, delivery, garner, gather, good, holding, property, pull together, rescue, saving, trade good Encyclopedia: Salvage Salvage, Newfoundland and Labrador |