detritus

Meaning

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

Concepts

detritus

debris

rubble

junk

waste

dust

rubbish

trash

rock debris

rock fragments

run-of-bank stone

litter

boulder

scree

bank gravel

crushed rock

gravel

pit run

soil

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈtɹaɪ.təs/

Etymology

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

Sentences

He washed the detritus from his hair .