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noun
1.
the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
2.
the property so saved.
3.
compensation given to those who voluntarily save a ship or its cargo.
4.
the act of saving anything from fire, danger, etc.
5.
EXPANDthe property saved from danger.
6.
COLLAPSEthe value or proceeds upon sale of goods recovered from a fire.
verb (used with object)
7.
to save from shipwreck, fire, etc.
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Salvaging
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Related forms
sal·vage·a·ble, adjective
sal·vage·a·bil·i·ty, noun
sal·vag·er, noun
non·sal·vage·a·ble, adjective
un·sal·vage·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
7. retrieve, recover, rescue.
7. retrieve, recover, rescue.
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Word Origin & History
salvage
1645, "payment for saving a ship from wreck or capture," from Fr. salvage, from O.Fr. salver "to save" (see save). The general sense of "the saving of property from danger" is attested from 1878. Meaning "recycling of waste material" is from 1918, from the British effort in
EXPANDWorld War I. The verb is 1889, from the noun.
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