salvage
Meaning of salvage
noun
- The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
- The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
- The compensation paid to the rescuers.
- The money from the sale of rescued goods.
- The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
- (sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
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- (of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue.
- (of discarded goods) to put to use.
- To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
- An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.
- A defiant person.
noun
(Philippine English) summary execution, extrajudicial killing
verb- (Philippine English) To perform summary execution.
- (Philippine English) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.
Information about salvage
- The plural form of salvage is: salvages.
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Hyphenation of salvage
sal-vage
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- salvage is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
salvage synonyms
Meaning salve:
Meaning scavenge:
Translation of salvage
- German: Bergung
- Spanish: salvamento
- Portuguese: salvados
- Italian: salvataggio
Anagrams of salvage
Words that rhyme with salvage
vage, Avage, Savage, antisavage, autolavage, cleavage, demisavage, dissavage, esclavage, galravage, gastrogavage, gastrolavage, gastrostogavage, gastrostolavage, gavage, gillravage, gilravage, gulravage, havage, lavage, pavage, presavage, ravage, savage, scavage, semisavage, stravage, unsavage, chevage, arrivage, chivage, drivage, estivage, rivage, resalvage, selvage, sylvage, Colovage, Lovage, lovage, carvage, servage, cuvage
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