salvage

(noun, verb)

noun

1. property or goods saved from damage or destruction

Definition categories: possession, commodity, good, belongings, holding, property

2. the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction

Definition categories: act, deliverance, delivery, rescue, saving

3. the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire

Definition categories: act, deliverance, delivery, rescue, saving

verb

1. save from ruin, destruction, or harm

Similar word(s): relieve, salve, save

Definition categories: social, deliver, rescue

2. collect discarded material

Similar word(s): scavenge

Definition categories: contact, collect, garner, gather