scavenging
verbHow many syllables in scavenging?
There are 3 syllables in the word scavenging.How to pronounce scavenging:
Definition of scavenging:
- scavenging (verb):
- to clean away dirt or refuse from cleanse
- to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area
- to search for (anything usable) among discarded material
Synonyms for scavenging:
forage
fossick
grub about
hunt
root about
rummage
scratch about
search
Antonyms for scavenging:
herbivorous
vegetarian
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- scarcity
- scandalous
- scandalised
- scallion
- sawyer
- savouring
- sausages
- sauerkraut
- satya
- satiation
- sapphira
- sapota
- santino
- santana
- saniya
- sangria
- samiyah
- samia
- salvador
- sahibah
- sadventure
- sadistic
- sadhana
- sadducees
- sabotaged
- rustiest
- ruminants
- ruefulness
- rubicon
- royally
- roughages
- rotator
- rotating
- rosary
- roquette
- ropeable
- roistering
- rodriguez
- rockiest
- roberta
- riveted
- riverly
- rivalling
- risotto
- riskier
- rioting
- rioja
- ringmaster
- ridicule
- ricardo
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