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How to pronounce “scavenger

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Pronunciation guide for scavenger

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of scavenger with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
There's no such thing as not votingit's a voting-themed scavenger hunt all throughout colonial old town.
Definition summary
Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.

Example 1 of 8

How to pronounce scavenger

There's no such thing as not voting

it's a voting-themed scavenger hunt all throughout colonial old town.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “scavenger

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
  • An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
  • (UK, Ireland, obsolete) A street sweeper.
  • (UK, Ireland, historical) A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill.
  • (chemistry) A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
  • [Verb]
  • (archaic) To scavenge.
  • (archaic) To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.

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