salvager

Thân thiện

A salvager carefully recovers old wood from a sunken boat.

Definition

Noun: 1. A person who salvages: Someone who recovers, rescues, or saves something of value from loss, destruction, or waste. This often refers to someone who retrieves cargo or materials from a shipwreck, damaged building, or other disaster.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The professional salvager was hired to recover artifacts from the sunken vessel.
  • After the fire, a salvager arrived to see what materials could be saved from the building.

Advanced Usage

• "Acting as a salvager": Performing the role or duties of someone who salvages.
  • By rescuing usable parts from old electronics, he was acting as a salvager for the repair shop.

Variants and Related Words

• Salvage (verb/noun): The act of saving something from ruin or waste; also, the property saved itself.
  • They managed to salvage the engine from the wreck.
• Salvageable (adjective): Describing something that can be saved or recovered.
  • The furniture was water-damaged but still salvageable.

Synonyms

• Recoverer: One who retrieves or regains possession.
• Rescuer: One who saves someone or something from danger.
• Reclaimer: One who recovers useful materials from waste or discarded items.

Related Phrases/Idioms

(While "salvager" itself is not typically used in idioms, its root word "salvage" is.) - To salvage pride/something from the situation: To manage to save or gain something positive from a failure or bad event. - They lost the game but salvaged some pride with a strong final performance.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who salvages

Từ đồng nghĩa

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