salvable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- salvability noun
- salvableness noun
- salvably adverb
Etymology
Origin of salvable
1660–70; < Late Latin salv ( āre ) to save + -able
Example Sentences
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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.
From Literature
Slowly, as the music turns pensive, he calms down and picks up salvable items from among the rubble.
From New York Times
"Saving"; we need to be saved, and we are salvable, this is much; and God's health can save us, that is more.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
From Project Gutenberg
But he had no tolerance for the fellow who would hurriedly and secretly remove to his own premises goods of a salvable sort.
From Project Gutenberg
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