salvage¹ /salˈvij/

1. The raising of sunken or wrecked ships
2. A reward paid by a ship's owner to those involved in its rescue, or the rescue of its cargo, from danger or loss
3. The rescue of property from fire or other peril
4. The saving of waste material for utilization
5. Anything saved in any of these ways

1. To save from danger of loss or destruction
2. To manage to retain (one's pride, etc)
3. To recover or save as salvage

salˈvageable adjective

salˈvager noun

salvage corps noun

A body of people employed in salvage work

salvage² /salˈvij/ (Spenser, Shakespeare, etc)

savage /savˈij/, also (obsolete) salvage /salˈvij/

1. In a state of nature
2. Untamed, wild
3. Uncivilized
4. Ferocious
5. Furious

1. A human being in a wild, primitive or uncivilized state
2. A brutal, fierce, or cruel person
3. An enraged horse or other animal
4. A wild beast (obsolete; rare)

1. To attack savagely, esp with the teeth
2. To make savage

To play the savage

savˈagedom noun

1. A savage state
2. Savages collectively

savˈagely adverb

savˈageness noun

The state of being savage

savˈagery /-ri or -ər-i/ noun

1. Fierceness
2. Ferocity
3. Uncivilized condition
4. Wildness
5. Savage behaviour
6. Savages collectively
7. Wild ruggedness of landscape
8. Wild, overgrowing vegetation (obsolete)

savˈagism noun

• KANU
• Kanuck
• kanzu
• kanzus
• kaoliang
• kaoliangs
• kaolin
• kaoline
• kaolines
• kaolinic
• kaolinise
• kaolinised
• kaolinises
• kaolinising
• kaolinite
• kaolinites
• kaolinitic
• kaolinize
• kaolinized
• kaolinizes
• kaolinizing
• kaolinoses
• kaolinosis
• kaolins
• kaon