salvager

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Word: Salvager

Definition: A "salvager" is a person or a company that saves or reclaims things that are damaged, lost, or no longer wanted. They often work with items that can be repaired or used again, especially from places like shipwrecks or construction sites.

Usage Instructions

• Part of Speech: Noun
• Countable: You can say "one salvager" or "two salvagers."

Example Sentences

1. After the storm, the salvagers arrived to collect items from the wreckage of the houses.
2. The salvager found many valuable antiques in the old building before it was demolished.

Advanced Usage

In more advanced contexts, "salvager" can refer to someone who salvages not only physical items but also ideas or situations that seem lost. For example, a salvager of relationships might help couples resolve their differences.

Word Variants

• Salvage (verb): To save something from damage or destruction.
  • Example: The team worked hard to salvage the shipwreck.
• Salvaged (adjective): Something that has been saved or recovered.
  • Example: They used salvaged materials to build the new house.

Different Meanings

• In a broader sense, "salvager" can also refer to someone who helps in recovering or improving situations that are difficult or problematic.

Synonyms

• Rescuer
• Reclaimer
• Recoverer
• Scavenger (though this can have a more negative connotation)

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

• "To salvage a situation": This means to fix or improve a difficult or bad situation.
  • Example: After the mistake, she worked hard to salvage the project.
• "Salvage what you can": This means to save whatever is possible from a difficult situation.
  • Example: When the company went bankrupt, the employees tried to salvage what they could from their jobs.

Summary

A "salvager" is someone who saves valuable items or improves difficult situations.

Academic

Noun

1. someone who salvages

Synonyms

• salvor