scavenger
/ˈskævɪndʒər/
noun
- A person who searches for and collects usable items from discarded or waste material.
- Scavengers at the recycling center sort through piles of plastic and metal.
- The scavenger found a working laptop in the dumpster.
- During the war, many people became scavengers, looking for food and supplies in ruined buildings.
- An animal that feeds on dead or decaying organic matter.
- A vulture is a scavenger that helps clean up the environment by eating dead animals.
- Crabs act as scavengers on the beach, consuming dead fish and seaweed.
- Hyenas are well-known scavengers that often steal kills from other predators.
- A substance or device that removes harmful substances from a system or environment.
- Oxygen scavengers are added to food packaging to keep the contents fresh.
- The chemical scavenger neutralizes chlorine in the water supply.
- This filter acts as a scavenger, trapping dust and pollen from the air.
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