Salvage

What do we mean by salvage?

The rescue of a ship or its cargo from fire or shipwreck. noun

The ship or cargo saved in such a rescue. noun

Award given to those who aid in such a rescue when under no obligation to do so, especially in the form of a portion of the cargo. noun

The recovery of a sunken ship or its cargo by divers or submersibles. noun

The act of saving imperiled property from loss. noun

The property so saved. noun

Something saved from destruction or waste and put to further use. noun

To save from loss or destruction. transitive verb

To save (discarded or damaged material) for further use. transitive verb

An obsolete form of savage. noun

The act of saving a ship or goods from extraordinary danger, as from the sea, fire, or pirates. noun

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. noun

The property saved from danger or destruction by the extraordinary and voluntary exertions of the salvors. noun

Nautical, same as selvagee. noun

Savage.

The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea. noun

The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril. 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.

Words that are spelled similarly to salvage:
salvage, savage, selvage, sauvage, salvare, salvaje.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word salvage:
salvor, smit, tug, wrecks, wreck, sunken, salvaged, wreckage, divers, firefighting, towed, tow, diving, diver, wrecked, scrap, vessel, logging, pathway, excavation, barge, grounded, sank, cargo, stranded, ship, submarine, sunk, underwater, rescue, operations, vessels, repair, scrapped, yard, archaeology, treasure, uss, recovered, harbor, artifacts, sinking, pearl, operation, craft, recover, decommissioned, recovery, damaged, hull, reef, ships, crew, sailed, aboard, departed, navy, maritime, torpedo, removal, hms, draw, abandoned, duty, therapy, equipment, fleet, remove, assisted, efforts, timber, gear, valuable, norfolk, archaeological, naval, boats, marine, value, attempts, effort.

Adjectives that are often used to describe salvage:
myocardial, surgical, intraoperative, net, fetal, less, successful, limb, marine, splenic, renal, human, ultimate, possible, archaeological, year, military, architectural, postoperative, maritime, civil, only, reasonable, commercial, subsequent, underwater, pure, term, significant, graft, operative, patient, colonic, perioperative, actual, red, purine, overall, improved, immediate, blood, potential, maximum, worth, future, partial, maximal, testicular, usual, mere, beyond, cerebral, substantial, prize, nonoperative, extensive, eventual, scrap, optimal, expected, sea, durable, naked, non, flap, sanitation, negligible, valuable, poore.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective salvage:
value.

Consonant match to salvage:
selvage, selvedge, selvidge.

Words that sound like salvage:
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