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salvageto save goods, property, or a ship from damage or destruction

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to save goods, property, or a ship from damage or destruction

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈsælvɪdʒ/

Korean meaning: 난파선이나 손상된 물건에서 쓸 만한 것을 구해내다

Korean pronunciation: **샐**비지

Example Sentences

  • After the kitchen disaster, Mom managed to salvage enough cookies to serve the guests.
  • The company hired experts to salvage data from the crashed computer.
  • He tried to salvage his date by pretending the burnt pasta was 'blackened cuisine'.

salvage

VERB

//ˈsælvɪdʒ//

to save goods, property, or a ship from damage or destruction

salvage concept
💡 Concept

Rescuing goods from shipwreck

salvage rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Salvage from damage, then manage!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈsælvɪdʒ/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈsælvɪdʒ/

🌳Etymology

Rootsalv-
Suffix--age

Origin

From Old French 'salvage' meaning 'the act of saving,' derived from Latin 'salvus' meaning 'safe' or 'unharmed.' The word entered English through Norman French and has been used since the 14th century to describe the rescue of goods or property from danger or destruction.

🎵Rhyme

damagemanagepackagebandage
damage
manage
package
bandage

🔗Collocations

salvage operation
salvage yard
salvage value
marine salvage
salvage rights
salvage what's left

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

After the kitchen disaster, Mom managed to salvage enough cookies to serve the guests.

The company hired experts to salvage data from the crashed computer.

😄 Fun example

He tried to salvage his date by pretending the burnt pasta was 'blackened cuisine'.

The salvage team recovered valuable artwork from the flooded museum.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

rescuerecoverretrievesavereclaim

Antonyms

abandondiscarddestroy

Related

salvationsalvageablesalvorwreckagerecovery

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