dumpster diving
UK/ˈdʌmpstəˈdaɪvɪŋ/US/ˈdʌmpstɚˈdaɪvɪŋ/
dumpster diving noun: the act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill. Also the present participle of dumpster dive.
Noun
dumpster diving (uncountable)
- 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.2005, Cory Doctorow, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
- Synonyms:
- binning, D-Mart, dumpstering, garbage gleaning, garbage picking, garbing, skip-raiding, skipping, tatting, trashing
Also used as
dumpster diving is also the present participle of dumpster dive.
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Questions about dumpster diving
- What does dumpster diving mean?
- Dumpster diving means the act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill.
- What part of speech is dumpster diving?
- Dumpster diving is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dumpster diving?
- Dumpster diving is pronounced /ˈdʌmpstəˈdaɪvɪŋ/ (UK).
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