Scavenger
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scavenger is a noun meaning Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
Meaning
Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
More Meanings
- An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
- (UK, Ireland, obsolete) A street sweeper.
- (UK, Ireland, historical) A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill.
- (chemistry) A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
- (archaic) To scavenge.
- (archaic) To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.
Example Sentences
garbage scavenger
Vultures are natural scavengers.
A scavenger picked through the rubbish heap.
Word Forms
- scavengers
- scavengering
- scavengered
Synonyms for scavenger
Depending on context, synonyms include magpie.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include magpie, trap, mousetrap, pitfall, snare, park.
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