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- Dictionarydebris/ˈdɛbriː/
noun
- 1. scattered pieces of rubbish or remains: "workmen were clearing the roads of the debris from shattered buildings"
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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.
The meaning of DEBRIS is the remains of something broken down or destroyed. How to use debris in a sentence.
Meaning of debris in English. debris. noun [ U ] us / dəˈbriː / uk / ˈdeb.riː / / ˈdeɪ.briː / Add to word list. broken or torn pieces of something larger: Debris from the aircraft was scattered over a large area. Synonym. detritus formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Rubbish and waste. activated sludge. anti-littering. dejunking.
Debris is pieces from something that has been destroyed or pieces of rubbish or unwanted material that are spread around. I watched the rescue workers sifting through the debris. A number of people were killed by flying debris.
Debris definition: the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble. See examples of DEBRIS used in a sentence.
noun. /ˈdebriː/, /ˈdeɪbriː/ /dəˈbriː/ [uncountable] pieces of wood, metal, building materials, etc. that are left after something has been destroyed. Emergency teams are still clearing the debris from the plane crash. Several people were injured by flying debris in the explosion. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Join us.
Debris is trash scattered around after a disaster, like shattered glass on the road after a car accident. 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 ...
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun debris. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
noun [ U ] uk / ˈdebriː / us / dəˈbriː / Add to word list. broken pieces of something: Debris from the aircraft was scattered over a wide area. (Definition of debris from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of debris. in Chinese (Traditional) 碎片，殘駭… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 碎片，残片… See more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English deb‧ris /ˈdebriː, ˈdeɪ- $ dəˈbriː, deɪ-/ noun [ uncountable] 1 the pieces of something that are left after it has been destroyed in an accident, explosion etc She was hit by flying debris from the blast. 2 technical pieces of waste material, paper etc plant/garden/industrial etc debris Clean th...
