salvage
/ˈsælvɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[...] the debris was hurled down the hillside on to the line and swept the engine off the track and into the sea; the engine in question, ex-Cambrian 0-6-0 No. 874, was not considered to be worth salvage, and was abandoned."
- "salvage cars auction"
- "Robin van Persie looked to have secured the points for the Gunners with a fine goal from Theo Walcott's through ball. But Perisic dipped a sublime 20-yard shot home to salvage a draw."
- "Prove or disprove, and salvage if possible."
- "During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure, amounting to nearly 1,150 tons, was salvaged as scrap metal to assist the war effort."
- "Cornels, and ſalvage Berries of the Wood, / And Roots and Herbs have been my meagre Food."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French