Definition of salvage

adjective (a)

• Savage. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• property or goods saved from damage or destruction (noun.possession)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction (noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire (noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• save from ruin, destruction, or harm (verb.social)

  Synonym: relieve, salve, save
  

  source: wordnet30
• collect discarded or refused material (verb.contact)

  Synonym: scavenge
  

  source: wordnet30

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