Monday, July 28, 2014

salver, salvor

Salver or salver means a kind of a tray used to serve food--
They passed the bread on a gold-plated salver.
The card was presented to him on an ornate salver.

Salvor or salvor ( rhymes with salver ) means someone who salvages things, who finds things lost at the site of a disaster, or who salvages a wrecked boat or ship--
The salvor had to wait for the tide to go out to investigate the wreck.
The salvor hoped to find a fortune in lost gold, along with the ancient ship.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The salvor found an old silver salver at the site of the wreck."

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