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broken or torn pieces left from the destruction of something larger: After the tornado, debris from damaged trees and houses littered the town. (Definition of debris from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of debris.
Debris definition: the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble. See examples of DEBRIS used in a sentence.
Debris is pieces from something that has been destroyed or pieces of rubbish or unwanted material that are spread around.
broken or torn pieces left from the destruction of something larger: After the tornado, debris from damaged trees and houses littered the town. (Definition of debris from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of debris.
1. : the remains of something broken down or destroyed. digging through the storm's debris in search of survivors. sifted through the debris of her broken marriage. 2. geology : an accumulation of fragments of rock. 3. : something discarded : rubbish. picking up debris after the parade. Synonyms. chaff. deadwood. dreck. drek. dross.
the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble: the debris of buildings after an air raid. Synonyms: trash, litter, detritus. Geology. an accumulation of loose fragments of rock. debris. / ˈdɛbrɪ; ˈdeɪbrɪ / noun. fragments or remnants of something destroyed or broken; rubble.
noun [ U ] uk / ˈdebriː / us / dəˈbriː / Add to word list. broken pieces of something: Debris from the aircraft was scattered over a wide area. (Definition of debris from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of debris. in Chinese (Traditional) 碎片，殘駭… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 碎片，残片… See more.
1. a. The scattered remains of something broken or destroyed; rubble or wreckage. b. Carelessly discarded refuse; litter. 2. Geology An accumulation of relatively large rock fragments: glacial debris. 3. Biology The fragmented remains of dead or damaged cells or tissue.
noun. /ˈdebriː/, /ˈdeɪbriː/ /dəˈbriː/ [uncountable] pieces of wood, metal, building materials, etc. that are left after something has been destroyed. Emergency teams are still clearing the debris from the plane crash. Several people were injured by flying debris in the explosion. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
Debris is trash scattered around after a disaster, like shattered glass on the road after a car accident. Debris comes from French for "waste, rubbish." Although debris usually refers to the trash leftover after some kind of explosion or crash, it can also be what's on your floor after hosting a kid's make-your-own pizza party, or what you ...
