debris

de·bris also dé·bris  (d-br, d-, dbr)

n.

1.

a. The scattered remains of something broken or destroyed; rubble or wreckage.

b. Carelessly discarded refuse; litter.

2. Geology An accumulation of relatively large rock fragments: glacial debris.

3. Biology The fragmented remains of dead or damaged cells or tissue.

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[French débris, from Old French debrisier, to break to pieces : de-, intensive pref.; see de- + brisier, to break (from Vulgar Latin *brsre, to press grapes, probably of Celtic origin).]

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debris, débris [ˈdeɪbrɪ ˈdɛbrɪ]

n

1. fragments or remnants of something destroyed or broken; rubble

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) a collection of loose material derived from rocks, or an accumulation of animal or vegetable matter

[from French, from obsolete debrisier to break into pieces, from bruisier to shatter, of Celtic origin]

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Debris the remains of anything broken down; ruins, etc.; the accumulation of loose material or of rock, vegetable, or animal matter.

Examples: debris of the Alps, 1802; of an army, 1708; of an Empire, 1778; of ancient rocks, 1849.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

debris - the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up detritus, junk, rubble, dust rubbish, trash, scrap - worthless material that is to be disposed of slack - dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

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debris

noun remains, bits, pieces, waste, ruins, wreck, rubbish, fragments, litter, rubble, wreckage, brash, detritus, dross People were killed by flying debris.

Translations

debris [ˈdebriː] N [of building, construction] → escombros mpl; [of aeroplane] → restos mpl (Geol) → rocalla f

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debris débris [ˈdeɪbriː ˈdɛbriː] n

(= rubble) → décombres mpl
They are sifting through the debris → Ils sont en train d'inspecter les décombres.
Several people were killed by flying debris → Plusieurs personnes ont été tuées par des débris volants.

(= rubbish) → déchets mpl

(= mess)
the piles of debris on her bedroom floor → tout le bazar éparpillé par terre dans sa chambre

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debris

n → Trümmer pl, → Schutt m; (Geol) → Geröll nt

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debris [ˈdɛbriː] n → detriti mpl

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debris [ˈdɛbriː] n → detriti mpl

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debris

n debris [ˈdeibriː, (American ) dəˈbri:]

1 the remains of something broken, destroyed etc The fireman found a corpse among the debris. puin, oorblyfsels, wrakstukke حُطام останки trosky ruiner; brokker; stumper Trümmer (pl.) συντρίμμια, ερείπια escombros rusud آوار rauniot débris שְׁבָרִים मलबा krhotine, ruševine roncs puing rústir, brak rovine 残がい 잔해 nuolaužos, griuvėsiai drupas; gruveši puing wrakgoed ruiner, brokker, rester gruzy destroços dărâmături развалины trosky razbitine ruševine spillror ซากสลักหักพัง enkaz 碎片，瓦礫堆 руїни; уламки کسی تباہ شدہ چیز کا ملبہ khoản nợ 碎片，瓦砾堆

2 rubbish There was a lot of debris in the house after the builder had left. oorblyfsels, oorskot أنْقاض боклуци odpad, suť, drť affald der Schutt μπάζα, σκουπίδια restos praht آشغال؛ خاکروبه jätteet débris הָרִיסוֹת कूड़ाकरकट, कबाड़ smeće törmelék sampah rusl detriti がらくた 쓰레기 (statybinis) laužas, šiukšlės būvgruži sampah sarap puin søppel, rusk śmieci entulho resturi мусор odpad, úlomky, rumovisko odpadki otpaci skräp ขยะ döküntü, moloz 殘骸 сміття; будівельне сміття ٹوٹی پھوٹی چٹانوں کا انبار vật vô giá trị 残骸