'Detritus' definitions:
Definition of 'detritus'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Detritus'
From: GCIDE
- Detritus \De*tri"tus\, n. [F. d['e]tritus, fr. L. detritus, p. p. of deterere. See Detriment.]
- 1. (Geol.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus. [1913 Webster]
- Note: For large portions, the word d['e]bris is used. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration. [1913 Webster]
- The mass of detritus of which modern languages are composed. --Farrar. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'detritus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afterglow,
- afterimage,
- alluvion,
- alluvium,
- balance,
- breccia,
- butt,
- butt end,
- candle ends,
- chaff,
- debris,
- deposit,
- diluvium,
- drift,
- end,
- fag end,
- filings,
- fossil,
- grain,
- granule,
- granulet,
- gravel,
- grit,
- holdover,
- husks,
- leavings,
- leftovers,
- loess,
- moraine,
- odds and ends,
- offscourings,
- orts,
- parings,
- rags,
- refuse,
- relics,
- remainder,
- remains,
- remnant,
- residue,
- residuum,
- rest,
- roach,
- rubbish,
- ruins,
- rump,
- sand,
- sawdust,
- scourings,
- scraps,
- scree,
- sediment,
- shadow,
- shavings,
- shingle,
- silt,
- sinter,
- straw,
- stubble,
- stump,
- survival,
- sweepings,
- trace,
- vestige,
- waste