Thesaurus: salvage

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1. n. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.
2. n. The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.
3. n. That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.
4. a. & n. Savage.
5. n. property or goods saved from damage or destruction
6. n. the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
7. n. the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
8. v. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
9. v. collect discarded material
10. 1. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, goods, or life, from perils of the sea. Salvage of life from a british ship, or a foreign ship in British waters, ranks before salvage of goods. Encyc. Brit. 2. (Maritime Law) (a) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril. (b) That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved. Kent. Abbot. Savage. [Obs.] Spenser.
11. Savage. [Obs.] Spenser.
12. n:29/v:71 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