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scavenger

The correct spelling is scavenger.

How to pronounce scavenger

noun

IPA: /ˈskæv.ən.dʒə(ɹ)/

Say it like: Sca-ven-jer

The correct spelling is scavenger. Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
  2. 2.An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
  3. 3.A street sweeper.
  4. 4.A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill.
  5. 5.A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.

verb

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

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