salvage

Definition

• n. property or goods saved from damage or destruction
• n. the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
• n. the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
• v. save from ruin, destruction, or harm

Word forms

Past participle

salvaged

Past tense

salvaged

Present participle

salvaging

Third person singular

salvages

Example sentences

1. n.

   The salvage of the sunken ship brought valuable artifacts to the surface.

2. vt.

   The crew worked hard to salvage the remaining cargo from the damaged vessel.

3. n.

   The IT team used a salvage program to recover the lost files from the hard drive.