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detritus

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detritus

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 disintegration2 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

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\-ˈtrī-t^əl\ adjective

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