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The meaning of DEBRIS is the remains of something broken down or destroyed. How to use debris in a sentence.
Synonyms for DEBRIS: garbage, dust, trash, rubbish, junk, rubble, litter, truck; Antonyms of DEBRIS: treasure, prize, plum, pearl, treasure trove, catch, trove, jewel.
noun. fragments or remnants of something destroyed or broken; rubble. a collection of loose material derived from rocks, or an accumulation of animal or vegetable matter.
broken or torn pieces left from the destruction of something larger: After the tornado, debris from damaged trees and houses littered the town. (Definition of debris from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of debris. debris.
debris in American English. (dəˈbri ; also ˈdeɪˈbri ; ˈdeɪˌbri ; Chiefly British ˈdɛbri ) or déˈbris (dəˈbri ; also ˈdeɪˈbri ; ˈdeɪˌbri ; Chiefly British ˈdɛbri ) noun. 1. rough, broken bits and pieces of stone, wood, glass, etc., as after destruction; rubble. 2. bits and pieces of rubbish; litter.
Debris definition: the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble. See examples of DEBRIS used in a sentence.
Debris comes from French for "waste, rubbish." Although debris usually refers to the trash leftover after some kind of explosion or crash, it can also be what's on your floor after hosting a kid's make-your-own pizza party, or what you shouldn't leave at the park after a picnic.
