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Meaning of scavenger

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

scavenger

Pronunciation:/ˈskæv.ən.dʒə(ɹ)/

noun

Definitions

  1. Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.

  2. An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.

  3. A street sweeper.

  4. A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill.

verb

Definitions

  1. To scavenge.

  2. To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.