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garbologist

garbologist noun: one who examines refuse using archaeological techniques.

Noun

garbologist (plural garbologists)

  1. One who examines refuse using archaeological techniques.
    • A garbologist forages through waste paper baskets in search of interesting documents.
    • Garbologists discovered the leachate, mostly water mixed with rotting garbage, actually aided in decomposing other trash in the area.1998 October, Trash Talk, Boys' Life, page 10
  2. (Australia, humorous) A garbage collector.
    Synonyms:
    garbo

Synonyms of garbologist

Forms of garbologist

pluralgarbologists

Origin of garbologist

From garbology + -ist.

Questions about garbologist

What does garbologist mean?
Garbologist means one who examines refuse using archaeological techniques.
What part of speech is garbologist?
Garbologist is a noun.
What is the plural of garbologist?
The plural of garbologist is garbologists.

Words near garbologist in the dictionary

  1. Garboesque
  2. garboil
  3. garboils
  4. garbological
  5. garbologically
  6. garbologist
  7. garbologists
  8. garbology
  9. garbonzas
  10. garbos
  11. garbs

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