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detritus

det·ri·tus

UK/dɪˈtɹaɪ.təs/ US/ˈdɛ.tɹɪ.dɪs/ uncommon

noun

1.

the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

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2.

loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin dētrītus (“(that which is) rubbed away”), from dēterō (“rub away”).

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