Detritus (noun)
det-ri-tus
Waste or debris of any kind.
Late 18th century (in the sense ‘detrition’): from French détritus, from Latin detritus, from deterere ‘wear away’.
Example sentences
“They found him surrounded by the detritus of human life.”
det-ri-tus
Waste or debris of any kind.
Late 18th century (in the sense ‘detrition’): from French détritus, from Latin detritus, from deterere ‘wear away’.
“They found him surrounded by the detritus of human life.”