Main Entry: de·tri·tus

Pronunciation: \di-ˈtrī-təs\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural de·tri·tus \-ˈtrī-təs, -ˈtrī-ˌtüs\

Etymology: French détritus, from Latin detritus, past participle of deterere

Date: 1802

1 : loose material (as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration
2 a : a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away : debris b : miscellaneous remnants : odds and ends <sifting through the detritus of his childhood — Michael Tomasky>

— de·tri·tal \-ˈtrī-t^əl\ adjective