salvage

Nouns

  • (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

Verbs

  • (v) save from ruin, destruction, or harm salve, save, relieve,
  • (v) collect discarded or refused material
    • She scavenged the garbage cans for food
    scavenge,

Synonyms

salve save relieve scavenge

Words of close approximity

salvageable salvager