SAVE-ALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does save-all mean? 

• SAVE-ALL (noun)
  The noun SAVE-ALL has 3 senses:

1. a receptacle for catching waste products for further use

2. a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail

3. a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship

  Familiarity information: SAVE-ALL used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAVE-ALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A receptacle for catching waste products for further use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("save-all" is a kind of...):

receptacle (a container that is used to put or keep things in)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("save-all" is a kind of...):

canvas; canvass; sail; sheet (a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("save-all" is a kind of...):

mesh; meshing; meshwork; net; network (an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals)