Verb: salvage sal-vij
- Prevent being ruined, destroyed, lost, or harmed
"The team worked tirelessly to salvage what they could from the wreckage";
- salve, relieve, save
- Collect discarded material
"She salvaged the garbage cans for food";
- scavenge
- Recover or preserve something positive from a bad situation
"We managed to salvage our dignity from the embarrassing defeat"
- The act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
"The coast guard's salvage operation saved both the crew and valuable cargo"
- The act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
"The salvage of artworks from the burning museum was a heroic effort"
- Property or goods saved from damage or destruction
"The salvage from the shipwreck was auctioned off"
Derived forms: salvaging, salvages, salvaged
Type of: belongings, collect, commodity, deliver, deliverance, delivery, garner, gather, good, holding, property, pull together, rescue, saving, trade good
Encyclopedia: Salvage, Newfoundland and Labrador