scavenger in English dictionary

  • scavenger

    Meanings and definitions of "scavenger"

    • (obsolete) A street sweeper.
    • Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
    • An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
    • (chemistry) A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
    • noun
      Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
    • noun
      An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
    • noun
      (Britain, obsolete)
      A street sweeper.
    • noun
      (chemistry)
      A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
    • verb
      (archaic)
      To scavenge.
    • verb
      (archaic)
      To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.
    • animal feeding on decaying matter
    • An organism that feeds on decaying flesh.
    • noun
      any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
    • noun
      a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities
    • noun
      someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

    Synonyms of "scavenger" in English dictionary

    brute, animal, creature are the top synonyms of "scavenger" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of scavenger

    • scavenger ( plural  scavengers)
    • scavenger (plural scavengers)
    • scavenger (third-person singular simple present scavengers, present participle scavengering, simple past and past participle scavengered)
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