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noun
- 1. waste or debris of any kind: "the streets were foul with detritus"
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Detritus is waste material or rubbish, especially left after a particular event, or a loose mass of decaying material. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation, and usage of detritus with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
- English (US)
DETRITUS meaning: 1. waste material or rubbish, especially...
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DETRITUS translate: （尤指某项活动后留下的）废弃物，垃圾, 风化物;岩屑. Learn more...
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- English (US)
Detritus is loose material that results from disintegration, destruction, or wearing away. It can be applied to geology, biology, or other fields. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, and word history.
Detritus is waste material or trash, especially left after a particular event, or a loose mass of decaying material. Learn how to use this word in different contexts and languages with examples and translations.
In biology, detritus (/ dɪˈtraɪtəs / or / dɛˈtrɪtəs /) is dead particulate organic material, as distinguished from dissolved organic material. Detritus typically includes the bodies or fragments of bodies of dead organisms, and fecal material.
Usually, detritus refers to waste or junk of some kind, but it can actually mean any accumulation of material, not only man-made stuff. Loose gravel, silt, and sand can all be called detritus, and so can decomposed organic matter, like piles of dead leaves.
Detritus definition: rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.. See examples of DETRITUS used in a sentence.
noun. 1. a loose mass of stones, silt, etc, worn away from rocks. 2. an accumulation of disintegrated material or debris. 3. the organic debris formed from the decay of organisms. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
