salvage

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
2. (countable, uncountable) The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
3. (countable, uncountable) The compensation paid to the rescuers.
4. (countable, uncountable) The money from the sale of rescued goods.
5. (countable, uncountable) The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
6. (countable, uncountable) 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.
7. (attributive, countable, sometimes, uncountable) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.

Verb

1. (transitive) To rescue.
2. (transitive) To modify (a false proposition) to create a true proposition.
3. (transitive) To put to use.
4. (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

Verb

1. (Philippines) To perform summary execution.
2. (Philippines) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

Synonyms

rescue

save

salvation

salve

recovery

scavenge

relieve

recycle

♻️

cannibalize

cannibalise

recover

salvage money

remains

rescue operation

retrieval

reuse

saving

scraps

dredge out

waste material

waste paper

wastes

waste stock

emergency relief

emergency treatment

get out of the water

re-floatation

spent material

waste materials

scrap stock

recyclable material

salvageable material

abatement

recyclables

aid

bail

delivery

drawing up

perpetuation

preservation

pulling up

raising

reclaim

reclamation

relief

Translations

sauvetage

Bergung

bergen

sauver

salvamento

Rettung

salvare

redding

verlossing

berging

retten

salvataggio

salvamento

salut

👋

secourir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsælvɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Cognate with English: salvage

Cognate with Tagalog: salbahe

In summary

From Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“to make safe, secure, save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”) with the English suffix -age.

Sentences

Two salvage excavations took place on the site .