dumpster diving

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word dumpster diving. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word dumpster diving, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say dumpster diving in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word dumpster diving you have here. The definition of the word dumpster diving will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofdumpster diving, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: dumpster-diving

English

Pronunciation

Noun

dumpster diving (uncountable)

  1. (US) The act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill.
    Hyponym: binology

Usage notes

  • "Diving" in the term refers to putting one's hands into the dumpster (or other receptacle storing discarded items) rather than one's whole body.

Derived terms

Verb

dumpster diving

  1. present participle of dumpster dive

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Further reading