VocabauraVOCABAURA

salvage

noun · verb

Simple meaning

The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.

Pronunciation

Say it like this:

salvuhj

Say the bold part a little louder.

US device voice
IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈsælvədʒ

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.

Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.

  2. The act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire

  3. The compensation paid to the rescuers.

  4. The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.

  5. The process of acquiring, dismantling, and stocking the pieces of old property such as ships, houses, and vehicles, so that they can be sold on to be reused or recycled.

  6. Property or goods saved from damage or destruction

verb

  1. transitiveof propertypeople or situations at risk

    To rescue.

  2. transitiveof discarded goods

    To put to use.

  3. transitive

    To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

  4. philippines

    To perform summary execution.

  5. philippines

    To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.

Used this way, salvage is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.

More ways to use salvage

  • “We managed to salvage some old photos from the flooded basement.”verb

Share your sentence

Write your own example sentence using “salvage”. We review each one before it appears.

Use This Word

See how this word sounds in a real sentence.

Ask Vocabaura

Understand the word your way.

What Does It Mean Here?

Words can change meaning depending on context.

Use it yourself

Knowing “salvage” starts when you use it. Pick a next step, all free.

Know the meaning? Practice using it in a real situation, free, no credits.

Dictionary data from Wiktionary via the Free Dictionary API. Simple meanings, combinations and word intelligence are built from verified reference data, no AI is used to load this page.