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scavenger
/ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
noun 5verb 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
dead, organized, picked
VERB + SCAVENGER
organizing
PREP.
in, on, on, through
Definitions
noun
1
Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
garbage scavenger
A scavenger picked through the rubbish heap.
2
An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
Vultures are natural scavengers.
3
A street sweeper.
4
A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill.
5
A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
verb
1
To scavenge.
2
To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.
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Synonyms
noun — someone who collects things that have been discarded by othe
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Idioms & Phrases
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garbage scavenger
Wiktionary02
A scavenger picked through the rubbish heap.
Wiktionary03
Vultures are natural scavengers.
Wiktionary04
I'm organizing a scavenger hunt for my son's thirteenth birthday party.
Tatoeba · #115792505
Scavenging is both a carnivorous and herbivorous feeding behavior in which the scavenger feeds on dead and decaying organic matter present in its habitat.
Tatoeba · #225553406
I'm on a scavenger hunt.
Tatoeba · #8060915Usage Notes
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