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save-all

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save-all (svôl)
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.

save-all
n
1. a device to prevent waste or loss
2. (Transport / 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 miser
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Noun1.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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