Definitions for detritus

detritus de·tri·tus

Spelling: [dih-trahy-tuh s]
IPA: /dɪˈtraɪ təs/

Detritus is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 271 anagrams from letters in detritus (deirsttu).

Definitions for detritus

noun

  1. rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.
  2. any disintegrated material; debris.

Origin of detritus

1785-95; French détritus Latin: a rubbing away, equivalent to dētrī-, variant stem of dēterere to wear down, rub off (de- de- + terere to rub) + -tus suffix of v. actio

Examples for detritus

Her fantastical accumulations of detritus and throwaway goods can seem to pack more whimsy than wallop.

And then she came up with the idea of asking him to fiddle with his collection of detritus.

Death is only real for all the detritus of the world, for all the sorrow, for all the injustice, for all the grief.

The artist is drinking beer, smoking and the detritus is building up around him.

There is detritus enough in Glen Spean, but not where it is wanted.

The mouth of the Dranse, hard by, is a dreary collection of detritus.

The road was bad, for the whole country was full of detritus.

Perhaps Pappy fans are so insatiable that they even want the detritus of their favorite tot.

Amidst the detritus of old amplifiers, beaten up electric guitars and drum kits was a tatty white plastic bag.

By some unknown convulsion, this detritus had been heaped up.

Word Value for detritus
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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