Salvage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The rescue of a ship, its crew, or its cargo from fire or shipwreck.
  • n. The ship, crew, or cargo so rescued.
  • n. Compensation given to those who voluntarily aid in such a rescue.
  • n. The act of saving imperiled property from loss.
  • n. The property so saved.
  • n. Something saved from destruction or waste and put to further use.
  • v. To save from loss or destruction.
  • v. To save (discarded or damaged material) for further use.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation
  • n. the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
  • n. the compensation paid to the rescuers
  • n. the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued
  • n. anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
  • n. damaged
  • v. Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue
  • v. Of discarded goods, to put to use
  • v. To make new or restore for the use of being saved
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.
  • n.
  • n. The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.
  • n. That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.
  • adjective-and-noun. Savage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of saving a ship or goods from extraordinary danger, as from the sea, fire, or pirates.
  • n. In commercial and maritime law: An allowance or compensation to which those are entitled by whose voluntary exertions, when they were under no legal obligation to render assistance, a ship or goods have been saved from the dangers of the sea, fire, pirates, or enemies.
  • n. The property saved from danger or destruction by the extraordinary and voluntary exertions of the salvors.
  • n. Nautical, same as selvagee.
  • n. An obsolete form of savage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. property or goods saved from damage or destruction
  • v. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
  • v. collect discarded or refused material
  • n. the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
  • n. the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
  • Verb Form
    salvaged    salvages    salvaging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    belongings    trade good    commodity    holding    good    property    deliver    rescue    garner    pull together   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Savage   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    one-man    rescue    demolition    ordnance    cleanup    firefighting    exploratory    sonar    oceangoing    three-man