detritus

Meaning of detritus

noun
  1. (chiefly geological) Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
  2. Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.
  3. Debris or fragments of disintegrated material.

Information about detritus

Hyphenation of detritus

de-tri-tus

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • detritus is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

detritus synonyms

Meaning debris:

debris, dust, junk, rubble

Translation of detritus

Anagrams of detritus

destruit

Words that rhyme with detritus

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