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salvable

[ sal-vuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. fit for or capable of being saved or salvaged.


salvable

/ ˈsælvəbəl /

adjective

  1. capable of or suitable for being saved or salvaged
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈsalvably, adverb
  • ˌsalvaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From

  • salva·bili·ty salva·ble·ness noun
  • salva·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of salvable1

1660–70; < Late Latin salv ( āre ) to save + -able
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Word History and Origins

Origin of salvable1

C17: from Late Latin salvāre to save, from Latin salvus safe
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Example Sentences

The cans in the galley floor did not look in any way salvable and even in the locker there were some that were badly rusted and some that wore an ominous bulbed look.

Slowly, as the music turns pensive, he calms down and picks up salvable items from among the rubble.

"Saving"; we need to be saved, and we are salvable, this is much; and God's health can save us, that is more.

Her owner abandoned her just as soon as she could be brought to bank, selling what was salvable of his outfit and leaving the rest.

But he had no tolerance for the fellow who would hurriedly and secretly remove to his own premises goods of a salvable sort.

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