detritus
Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
Other meanings
Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.
Any debris or fragments of disintegrated material.
Synonyms
- debris
- dust
- rubble
A kind of
- rubbish
Related words
- biodetritus
- detriticolous
- detritivorous
- detritophage
- detrivore
- microdetritus
- phytodetritus
- detritivore
- detritusphere
- zoodetritus
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “detritus” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.