detritus

(Anglès)

1. (countable, usually) Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
2. (uncountable, usually) Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.
3. (broadly, uncountable, usually) Any debris or fragments of disintegrated material.
4. (uncountable, usually) Rock consisting of accumulated debris from decayed rocks, like sand, that often is joined by cement.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dɪˈtɹaɪ.təs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Learned borrowing from Latin dētrītus (“(that which is) rubbed away”), from dēterō (“rub away”).

Conceptes

detritus

terregall

desferra

runa

enderrocs

runam

brossa

terregam

enderroc

Sinònims

debris

rubble

junk

dust

waste

scree

soil

trash

bank gravel

pit run

rock debris

rock fragments

boulder

run-of-bank stone

crushed rock

gravel

litter

rubbish

Traduccions

detrito

détritus

débris

detrito

Geröll

Detritus

pietrisco

ruínas

detrytus

detrito

afval

poussière

destroços

escombros

puin

Frases

He washed the detritus from his hair .