"salvageable" meaning in English

See salvageable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more salvageable [comparative], most salvageable [superlative]
Etymology: From salvage + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|salvage|able}} salvage + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} salvageable (comparative more salvageable, superlative most salvageable)
  1. Capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing. Synonyms: salvagable Derived forms: unsalvageable Translations (capable of being salvaged): te redden (Dutch), korjauskelpoinen (Finnish), récupérable (French), sauvable (French), zu retten (German), διασώσιμος (diasósimos) (Greek), recuperabile (Italian), do uratowania (Polish)

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