salvage

salvage is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, adjective & noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.
2. noun. The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.
3. noun. That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.
4. adjective & noun. Savage.
5. noun. the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
6. noun. the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
7. noun. property or goods saved from damage or destruction
8. verb. collect discarded or refused material

   "She scavenged the garbage cans for food"

   Synonyms: scavenge

9. verb. save from ruin, destruction, or harm

   Synonyms: relieve, salve, save

Synonyms

scavenge, relieve, salve, save

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in salvage:

lavages

Common word forms

salvaged, salvager, salvages, salvagees, salvaging, salvageable

Words from these letters

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