noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Australian:/ˈsælvəʉz/
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CMU ARPABET:S AE1 L V OW0 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The Salvation Army.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, plural, plural-only
Examples
Thank God for the Salvos. — marketing tagline
2006, Amanda Lohrey, Voting for Jesus: Christianity and Politics in Australia, Quarterly Essay, Issue 22, page 25, At the Salvos, the writer claimed, she found emotional support and got her electricity bill paid. But the Salvos are often dealing with the desperate – “losers” – and their emergency needs for food and shelter, while the focus of the megachurches is unapologetically middle class [...] .
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
plural of salvo
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 3
third-person singular simple present indicative of salvo
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
