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DETRITUS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does detritus mean?

• DETRITUS (noun)
The noun DETRITUS has 2 senses:

1. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
2. loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks

Familiarity information: DETRITUS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DETRITUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

debris; detritus; junk; rubble; dust

Hypernyms ("detritus" is a kind of...):

rubbish; scrap; trash (worthless material that is to be disposed of)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "detritus"):

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)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("detritus" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

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