detritus

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Geröll

Detritus

Müll

Schutt

Gesteinsschutt

Synonyme

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

Übersetzungen

detrito

détritus

detrito

pietrisco

débris

ruínas

escombros

detrito

afval

terregall

destroços

detritus

poussière

puin

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/dɪˈtɹaɪ.təs/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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

Sätze

He washed the detritus from his hair .

Er wusch den Detritus von seinen Haaren.