Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dumpster diving

/ˈdʌmpstɚˈdaɪvɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English

Syllables: dump-ster -div-ing
IPA: /ˈdʌmpstɚˈdaɪvɪŋ/

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill.

American usage; Uncountable

verb

present participle of dumpster dive

Example Sentences

"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."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdʌmpstɚˈdaɪvɪŋ/
British English: /ˈdʌmpstəˈdaɪvɪŋ/

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Phrases

Trumpster diving dumpster dive dumpster diver

Frequently Paired Words

freeganism scavenge

Synonyms

binning D-Mart dumpstering garbage gleaning garbage picking garbing skip-raiding skipping tatting trashing

Rhymes With

driving arriving diving thriving striving depriving jiving piledriving kniving

Questions

How do you pronounce dumpster diving?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdʌmpstɚˈdaɪvɪŋ/.
What does dumpster diving mean?: The act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill.

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