detritus

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

detrito

pietrisco

cianfrusaglia

macerie

sfasciume

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

détritus

débris

detrito

Geröll

Detritus

ruínas

escombros

detrito

poussière

afval

destroços

terregall

detritus

puin

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/dɪˈtɹaɪ.təs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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

Frasi

He washed the detritus from his hair .

Si lavò i detriti dai suoi capelli.