scavenger
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈskævɪndʒər/
:
reciclador
- In urban areas, scavengers often search through dumpsters for recyclable materials.
- scavenger hunt
- scavenger hunt activity
Examples
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Instead of treating the waste as waste, the scavengers, perhaps by force of habit, treat it as fertile land.
Academic text (2000) -
His men searched the wrecks for gold and silver, but scavengers had already taken the easy spoils, and they found little of value.
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Looks like we're going on a scavenger hunt, men.
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Therefore, this edition includes two very different takes on scavenger hunting.
Academic text (2001) -
Here they bring us their Indiana version of the scavenger hunt.
Academic text (2001) -
Nobody lived on the surface anymore except for Welcome Wagon and scavenger crews.
Fiction book (1999) -
I have used a variety of scavenger hunts with my low-vision students with a great deal of success.
Academic text (2001) -
Plastic, metal, and cardboard are picked by scavengers and sold to the recycling industry.
Academic text (1998) -
The most steady source of income for scavengers is the recovery and sale of recyclable materials.
Academic text (2001) -
Recovery of recyclables in Mexico depends largely on the efforts of thousands of scavengers.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
19
3.2
A person who collects wild plants and berries for a living
4
3.0
A person, company, or machine that collects and prepares used materials to be used again
1
9.9
A person who collects old clothes and scraps from streets to sell
1
3.3
A person who collects trash and looks for things to use again or sell
1
8.1
A person who collects and fixes old broken things to sell or keep
1
8.1
A person who often collects small old things other people discard
1
5.1
A person who collects old things to sell or throw away
1
9.9
A person who goes door to door collecting old clothes to sell
1
7.7
A person who carefully gathers small amounts of information or resources
1
8.2
A person who looks through garbage to learn about people's lives
A person or animal who searches through messy things like bins to find useful items
A person who collects litter from places like beaches or parks
A person who collects empty metal cans to sell or recycle
A person who collects and sells scrap metal and old appliances
A person who collects old broken things and fixes them for fun
A person or machine that takes useful materials from waste to use again
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.8
A tiny part of the body that eats dead tissue and germs to help fight infection
How Sneaky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scavenger comes from the old word scavenge, which meant 'to clear away' or 'to search through rubbish'. So a scavenger was someone who looked through what others had thrown away to find useful things, and that is why we use it for people who collect discarded items.