detritus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.
Any debris or fragments of disintegrated material.
Rock consisting of accumulated debris from decayed rocks, like sand, that often is joined by cement.

/dɪˈtɹaɪ.təs/ /ˈdɛ.tɹɪ.dɪs/ en-us-detritus.ogg

detritus detrita

Learned borrowing from Latin dētrītus (“(that which is) rubbed away”), from dēterō (“rub away”).

detriment detrimental

biodetritus detrital detritic detriticolous detritivore detritivorous detritophage detritusphere detrivore microdetritus phytodetritus zoodetritus

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