About The Word Detritus
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Detritus
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What's The Definition Of Detritus?
[n] loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks
[n] the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up Synonyms | Synonyms for Detritus: debris | dust | junk | rubble Related Terms | Find terms related to Detritus: afterglow | afterimage | alluvion | alluvium | balance | breccia | butt | butt end | candle ends | chaff | debris | deposit | diluvium | drift | end | fag end | filings | fossil | grain | granule | granulet | gravel | grit | holdover | husks | leavings | leftovers | loess | moraine | odds and ends | offscourings | orts | parings | rags | refuse | relics | remainder | remains | remnant | residue | residuum | rest | roach | rubbish | ruins | rump | sand | sawdust | scourings | scraps | scree | sediment | shadow | shavings | shingle | silt | sinter | straw | stubble | stump | survival | sweepings | trace | vestige | waste See Also | material | rubbish | stuff | trash Detritus In Webster's Dictionary \De*tri"tus\, n. [F. d['e]tritus, fr. L. detritus, p.
p. of deterere. See {Detriment}.]
1. (Geol.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by
attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial
detritus.
Note: For large portions, the word d['e]bris is used.
2. Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they
belonged; any product of disintegration.
The mass of detritus of which modern languages are
composed. --Farrar.
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