Detritus

[dɪ'traɪtəs]

Definition

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

Checker: Selma--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.

(n.) Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration.

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Definition

n. a mass of substance gradually rubbed or worn off solid bodies: an aggregate of broken or loosened fragments esp. of rock.—n. Detri′tion a wearing away.

Typed by Kevin