save-all

save-all

(sāv′ôl′)

n.

1. Any of various devices for preventing waste, damage, or loss.

2. A receptacle for catching the waste products of a process for further use in manufacture.

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save-all

n

1. a device to prevent waste or loss

2. (Nautical Terms) nautical

a. a net used while loading a ship

b. a light sail set to catch wind spilling from another sail

3. (Clothing & Fashion) dialect overalls or a pinafore

4. Brit a dialect word for miser¹

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	save-all - a receptacle for catching waste products for further use receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in
	2.	save-all - a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail sail, canvass, canvas, sheet - a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
	3.	save-all - a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship meshwork, meshing, network, mesh, net - an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

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