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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. debris.
The meaning of DEBRIS is the remains of something broken down or destroyed. How to use debris in a sentence.
Debris is pieces from something that has been destroyed or pieces of rubbish or unwanted material that are spread around.
Debris definition: the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble. See examples of DEBRIS used in a sentence.
debris. 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.
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 trash scattered around after a disaster, like shattered glass on the road after a car accident.
noun. the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble: the debris of buildings after an air raid. Synonyms: trash, litter, detritus. Geology. an accumulation of loose fragments of rock. debris. / ˈdɛbrɪ; ˈdeɪbrɪ / noun. fragments or remnants of something destroyed or broken; rubble.
debris. 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)
Debris (UK: / ˈ d ɛ b r iː, ˈ d eɪ b r iː /, US: / d ə ˈ b r iː /) is rubble, wreckage, ruins, litter and discarded garbage/refuse/trash, scattered remains of something destroyed, or, as in geology, large rock fragments left by a melting glacier, etc. Depending on context, debris can refer to a number of different things.
