D'ebris \D['e]`bris"\, n. [F., fr. pref. d['e]- (L. dis) +
briser to break, shatter; perh. of Celtic origin.]
1. (Geol.) Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively;
especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain,
and piled up at the base.
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2. Rubbish, especially such as results from the destruction
of anything; remains; ruins.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
debris
n : the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken
up [syn: dust, junk, rubble, detritus]
WordNet (r) 2.0
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "debris":
afterglow, afterimage, alluvion, alluvium, balance, breccia, butt,
butt end, candle ends, chaff, clamjamfry, deposit, detritus,
diluvium, dregs, drift, dross, dust, end, fag end, filings, fossil,
garbage, grain, granule, granulet, gravel, grit, holdover, husks,
junk, leavings, leftovers, litter, loess, lumber, moraine,
odds and ends, offal, offscourings, orts, parings, raff, rags,
refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum,
rest, riffraff, roach, rubbish, rubble, ruins, rump, sand, sawdust,
scourings, scrap, scraps, scree, sediment, shadow, shavings,
shingle, shoddy, silt, sinter, straw, stubble, stump, survival,
sweepings, trace, trash, truck, vestige, waste
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
detritus, dust, junk, rubble
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