salvage
pronunciation
How to pronounce salvage in British English:
UK [ˈsælvɪdʒ]
How to pronounce salvage in American English:
US [ˈsælvɪdʒ]
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- 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
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- Verb:
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- collect discarded or refused material
Word Origin
- salvage
- salvage: [17] The salvage of a ship is etymologically simply a payment made for ‘saving’ it. The word comes via Old French salvage from medieval Latin salvāgium, a derivative of late Latin salvāre ‘save’ (source of English save). The use of English salvage as a verb is a comparatively recent development, dating from the 1880s.=> save
- salvage (n.)
- 1640s, "payment for saving a ship from wreck or capture," from French salvage (15c.), from Old French salver "to save" (see save (v.)). The general sense of "the saving of property from danger" is attested from 1878. Meaning "recycling of waste material" is from 1918, from the British effort in World War I.
- salvage (v.)
- 1889, from salvage (n.). Related: Salvaged; salvaging.
Example
- 1. Demolition firms and salvage dealers have shared interests .
- 2. But there are also some worthy ideas to salvage here .
- 3. Divers have been used to salvage valuable equipment from submerged plants .
- 4. Don 't salvage electricals or gas appliances
- 5. A firefighter helps residents to salvage belongings in teresina , northern brazil .