WRECKAGE


Meaning of WRECKAGE in English

-kij, -kēj noun

( -s )

Etymology: wreck (II) + -age

1. : the act or process of wrecking or the state of being wrecked

its mutilated statues surviving the wreckage of centuries — Agnes Repplier

tried for alleged espionage, wreckage , counterrevolution — N.S.Timasheff

2.

a. : something that has been wrecked : the remains of a wreck

b. : fragments of wreck or of a wreck

c. : broken, disrupted, and disordered parts or material from a wrecked building or structure

3. : wretched or degraded beings cast off by society

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.