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salvageable

salvageable adjective: capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing.

Adjective

salvageable (comparative more salvageable, superlative most salvageable)

  1. Capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing.
    • The car wasn't salvageable after the engine fire. The insurance company totalled it and I bought a new one.
    • Considerable work had to be done by way of repairs and replacement of bricks and woodwork (doors, floors, skirtings and panelling) where these were too far gone to be salvageable, including reprofiling to match originals.2023 December 13, Robin Leleux, “Restored... and a richly deserved award: Cullybackey”, in RAIL, number 998, page 39

Antonyms of salvageable

Forms of salvageable

comparativemore salvageable
superlativemost salvageable
alternative formsalvagable

Origin of salvageable

From salvage + -able.

Words formed from salvageable

Questions about salvageable

What does salvageable mean?
Salvageable means capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing.
What part of speech is salvageable?
Salvageable is an adjective.

Words near salvageable in the dictionary

  1. salvage therapy
  2. salvage title
  3. salvage yard
  4. salvage yards
  5. salvageability
  6. salvageable
  7. salvageably
  8. salvaged
  9. salvagee
  10. salvagees
  11. salvager

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