DETRITUS


Meaning of DETRITUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ di-ˈtrī-təs ]

noun

( plural de·tri·tus -ˈtrī-təs, -ˈtrī-ˌtüs)

Etymology: French détritus, from Latin detritus, past participle of deterere

Date: 1802

1. : loose material (as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration

2.

a. : a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away : debris

b. : miscellaneous remnants : odds and ends

sifting through the detritus of his childhood — Michael Tomasky

• de·tri·tal -ˈtrī-t ə l adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.