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noun
Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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noun
Any debris or fragments of disintegrated material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, uncountable, usually
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noun
Rock consisting of accumulated debris from decayed rocks, like sand, that often is joined by cement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: material, stuff
noun
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: debris, dust, junk, rubble
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rubbish, trash, scrap
Narrower terms: slack
History
Learned borrowing from Latin dētrītus (“(that which is) rubbed away”), from dēterō (“rub away”).
Across languages
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
