salvageable
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˈsæl.vɪ.dʒə.bəl/
:
recuperable
- After the storm, the builders assessed the damage and found some parts of the house were still salvageable.
- still salvageable
- salvageable items
- relationship is salvageable
European starlings efficiently stripped the landscape, driving out other birds, the smashed but salvageable front end.
- European starlings efficiently stripped the landscape, driving out other birds, the smashed but salvageable front end.
- So we think Ek at this point in its current form, it is not salvageable.
- But to claim that that means that the institutions that are in place are salvageable or that they should be salvage, I, I think that's a non sequitur.
Examples
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Sunday night's loss to the Steelers was huge, but the season is still salvageable.
Blog text (20) -
Matt had it repaired and had what was salvageable of his father's stuff put back as he'd left it.
Fiction book (1999) -
Maybe we have something salvageable already?
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That is a perfectly salvageable tree.
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That was a perfectly salvageable tree.
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Maybe the motor pool will have some salvageable stuff.
Fiction book (1998) -
Only one tenth of it is salvageable.
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Additionally, if you do not like your interior doors, these may also be salvageable.
Blog text (3) -
Most of it was salvageable and thankfully still had my makeup in it.
Blog text (19) -
The backup generator is salvageable.
Synonyms
9
2.7
Can be repaired or put right
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4.2
Able to be found or returned after being lost
3
4.8
Able to be fixed or made right
2
5.3
You can find again, often with effort
1
4.9
Able to be fixed
1
3.9
Can be fixed to look or work like before
1
6.6
A problem that can be fixed
Can be fixed after damage or loss
Able to be fixed or made right
Something you can get back and use again
Can be used again after fixing or recharging
Antonyms
How Recoverable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word salvageable comes from salvage, which comes from Latin salvus meaning 'safe' and is like the common English word save. So, if something is salvageable it can be 'saved' or repaired after damage.