Capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing.

present participle of salvage

The act by which something is salvaged.

The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation. / The ship, crew or cargo so rescued. / The compensation paid to the rescuers.

(transitive, of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue. / (transitive, of discarded goods) to put to use. / (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

Obsolete spelling of savage.

(Philippines) Summary execution, extrajudicial killing.

(Philippines) To perform summary execution. / (Philippines) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

plural of salvage

simple past tense and past participle of salvage