Sekirov Dictionary

scavenger

/ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/

noun5

  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 substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
  4. (UK, Ireland) A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill.
  5. (UK, no longer used) A street sweeper.

verb2

  1. (no longer used) To scavenge.
  2. (no longer used) To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.
forms

scavengered · scavengering · scavengers

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