salvage
- Noun. the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
- Noun. the ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
- Noun. the compensation paid to the rescuers.
- Noun. the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
- Noun. anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted.
- Noun. damaged.
- Verb. (transitive) Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue.
- Verb. (transitive) Of discarded goods, to put to use.
- Verb. (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
- Noun. (obsolete spelling of, savage) (defdate, 16th-19th c.) .
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