Found 2 items, similar to salvage.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: salvage salvage n 1: property or goods saved from damage or destruction 2: the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction 3: the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire salvage v 1: save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: salve, relieve, save] 2: collect discarded or refused material; “She scavenged the garbage cans for food” [syn: scavenge]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Salvage Salvage \Sal"vage\, a. & n. Savage. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Salvage \Sal"vage\ (?; 48), n. [F. salvage, OF. salver to save, F. sauver, fr. L. salvare. See Save.] 1. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea. [1913 Webster] Salvage of life from a British ship, or a foreign ship in British waters, ranks before salvage of goods. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]