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 [deb-ree]

Noun

1. fragments of something destroyed; rubble

2. a mass of loose stones and earth [French]

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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

Translations

debris [ˈdɛbriː] n → escombros mpl

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debris [ˈdɛbriː] n → débris mpl, décombres mpl

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debris [ˈdɛbriː] n → Trümmer pl, Schutt m

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debris [ˈdɛbriː] n → detriti mpl