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detritus

[ dih-trahy-tuhs ]

noun

  1. rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.
  2. any disintegrated material; debris.


detritus

/ 诲瑟藞迟谤补瑟迟蓹蝉 /

noun

  1. a loose mass of stones, silt, etc, worn away from rocks
  2. an accumulation of disintegrated material or debris
  3. the organic debris formed from the decay of organisms
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

detritus

  1. Loose fragments, such as sand or gravel, that have been worn away from rock.
  2. Matter produced by the decay or disintegration of an organic substance.
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Derived Forms

  • 诲别藞迟谤颈迟补濒, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲别路迟谤颈顎僼补濒 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of detritus1

1785鈥95; < French 诲茅迟谤颈迟耻蝉 < Latin: a rubbing away, equivalent to 诲脓迟谤墨-, variant stem of 诲脓迟别谤别谤别 to wear down, rub off ( de- de- + terere to rub) + -tus suffix of v. action
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of detritus1

C18: from French 诲茅迟谤颈迟耻蝉, from Latin 诲脓迟谤墨迟耻蝉 a rubbing away; see detriment
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Then came another wait to dump their loads 鈥 an untold number of incinerated living room sets, teddy bears, running shoes and other detritus, spilling into a final resting place.

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But residents need not fear the detritus, which is composed of fine ash that swirled together with sand and washed ashore, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced.

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Once-white collection nets came up blackened with soot and charred detritus.

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A study released by Pew Research in September showed people were exponentially more likely to get "news" from social media detritus than legitimate news outlets.

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Somewhere underneath the detritus was the town, buried and abandoned.

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