dumpster diving
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dumpster diving
- /ˈdʌmpstəˈdaɪvɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈdʌmpstɚˈdaɪvɪŋ/ US
Rhymes with -aɪvɪŋ
noun
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The act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill.
Alan crawled to the back of the store, to Kurt’s den, sure that his friend would have been back there, worn out from a night’s dumpster diving.
Similar: binning, D-Mart, dumpstering, garbage gleaning, garbage picking, garbing, skip-raiding, skipping, tatting, trashing
verb
- present participle of dumpster dive
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noun act of recovering discarded items
| Español | recolección urbana, cirujeo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ゴミ漁り gomiisari |
| 中文 | 垃圾搜尋 /垃圾搜寻 lèsèsōuxún |
| Français | déchétarisme, glanage alimentaire, trésordure |
| Deutsch | Dumpstern, Containern |
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title = {dumpster diving},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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