salvage

Plural: salvages

Noun

property or goods saved from damage or destruction
the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers 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.
The process of acquiring, dismantling, and stocking the pieces of old property such as ships, houses, and vehicles, so that they can be sold on to be reused or recycled.
Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
Obsolete spelling of savage.
Summary execution, extrajudicial killing.

Verb

Verb Forms: salvaged, salvaging, salvages

To rescue or save something valuable from damage or destruction.
save from ruin, destruction, or harm
collect discarded or refused material
To rescue.
To modify (a false proposition) to create a true proposition.
To put to use.
To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
To perform summary execution.
To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

Examples

He tried to salvage his losing game with a desperate, high-scoring play.
Prove or disprove, and salvage if possible.
salvage cars auction

Origin / Etymology

From Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“to make safe, secure, save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”) with the English suffix -age.

Synonyms

relieve, salve, save, scavenge

Scrabble Score: 11

salvage: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
salvage: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
salvage: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

salvage: valid Words With Friends Word