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detritus

noun

1 detritus

The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.

synonyms: debris, dust, junk, rubble.

Roget 645: inutility; uselessness etc. adj.; inefficacy, futility; ineptitude, inaptitude; unsubservience; inadequacy etc. (insufficiency) 640; inefficiency, ... show more

Roget 330: powderiness [State of powder.], pulverulence; sandiness etc. adj.; efflorescence; friability.    powder, dust, sand, shingle; sawdust; grit; ... show more

Roget 51: part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, ... show more

Dutch: bik, puin, restanten, steenbik, wrakhout, wrakstukken
Polish: gruz

2 detritus

Loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks.

Dutch: puin, afval, rioolslib
Polish: detrytus


Moby thesaurus: afterglow, afterimage, alluvion, alluvium, balance, breccia, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, debris, deposit, diluvium, drift, end, fag end, filings, fossil, grain, granule ... show more.

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