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How to pronounce scavenger in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms magpie, pack rat
Type of hoarder
Derivation scavenge
Type Words
Type of chemical agent
Derivation scavenge
Type Words
Type of animate being, beast, brute, animal, creature, fauna
Has types bottom-feeder
Derivation scavenge

Examples of scavenger

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My new mom friend had the genius idea of turning our trip into a scavenger hunt.
From the latimes.com
Retailers will be able to host in-store scavenger hunts at some later date, too.
From the techcrunch.com
A 2012 Chevrolet Sonic sedan goes to the downtown scavenger hunt's winning team.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Now it was time for me to go to the final stop on the scavenger hunt, our condo.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He led them on a scavenger hunt without being able to follow his own directions.
From the nytimes.com
Later in the evening there are scavenger hunts, movie night or other activities.
From the pe.com
For those craving structure, Stray Boots is a scavenger hunt for mobile devices.
From the nytimes.com
You can visit a pumpkin patch, church event or have a fun scavenger hunt at home.
From the ocregister.com
Google is in the midst of a two-day scavenger hunt being played around the web.
From the techcrunch.com
More examples
  • A chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities
  • Magpie: someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
  • Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
  • Scavenging, or necrophagy, is a carnivorous feeding behaviour in which a predator consumes corpses or carrion that were not killed to be eaten by the predator or others of its species. Scavengers play an important role in the ecosystem by contributing to the decomposition of dead animal remains. ...
  • A scavenger in chemistry is a chemical substance added to a mixture in order to remove or inactivate impurities or unwanted reaction products. ...
  • The Scavenger is the name of two DC Comics supervillains, with no known connections. The first Scavenger was an Aquaman villain who debuted in Aquaman vol. 2 #37 (January 1968), and was created by Henry Boltinoff and Nick Cardy. ...
  • Scavenger is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes. Scaveneger is usually depicted as a villain who turns into a construction vehicle.
  • The Scavenger is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the Milestone label featuring performances by Adderley's Quintet with Joe Henderson, Joe Zawinul, Victor Gaskin, and Roy McCurdy with a guest appearance by Jeremy Steig. ...
  • (Scavengers (album)) Scavengers, the second album from New York-based Calla.