salvagable

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A form of salvageable — Capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing.

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Meanings

adjectivesalvagable (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of salvageable.

    The value of salvagable parts and of scrap in a locomotive is by no means negligible, and railways could hardly be expected to make a succession of valuable presents of this description in the sole interest of ancient history.

    1945 March and April, “Preserving Historic Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 64

Origin

From salvage + -able.

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APA

salvagable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salvagable

MLA

“salvagable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salvagable. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salvagable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salvagable.

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