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Detritus

Detritus Meaning & Definition
Detritus Definition And Meaning

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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