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DETRITUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

Synonyms:

debris; detritus; dust; junk; rubble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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)

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