Detritus

Definition:

  • (n.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.
  • (n.) Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration.

Compare detritus with other words:

detritus vs. humus

detritus vs. gambit

detritus vs. waste

ballast vs. detritus

detritus vs. sediment

detritus vs. scrap

detrition vs. detritus

detrital vs. detritus

detritus vs. disintegrated

detritus vs. fragment

debris vs. detritus

detritus vs. erosion

detritus vs. glacier

detritus vs. ice

detritus vs. rock

detritus vs. rubbish