Scavenger

Definitions

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 street sweeper.
   Ireland, UK, obsolete
4. A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill.
   Ireland, UK, historical
5. A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.

Equivalents

Examples

“garbage scavenger”

“A scavenger picked through the rubbish heap.”

“Vultures are natural scavengers.”

CEFR level