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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: Old French salver; SAVE1

salvage

2 noun
     
salvage2 [uncountable]
1 when you save things from a situation in which other things have already been damaged, destroyed, or lost:
a massive salvage operation
2 things that have been saved from an accident, especially when a ship has sunk
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