detritus

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

detrito

desechos

desperdicios

escombros

restos

rocalla

basura

cantos rodados

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

detrito

détritus

débris

Detritus

pietrisco

Geröll

destroços

escombros

poussière

afval

puin

terregall

detritus

ruínas

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/dɪˈtɹaɪ.təs/

Etimología (Inglés)

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

Oraciones

He washed the detritus from his hair .

Lavó el detritus de su cabello.