débris — meaning in English
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English meaning
- debris noun Scattered pieces of wreckage, rubble, or litter left after something is destroyed or broken apart.
- flotsam noun Wreckage or debris found floating on water, especially from a shipwreck.
- rubble noun Broken fragments of stone, brick, or masonry, especially from a collapsed or demolished building.
- tailings noun The waste material left over after valuable minerals have been extracted from ore during mining.
Senses
débris is used for these senses in English:
- flotsam Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
- old fart (slang, pejorative, idiomatic) An elderly person who holds old-fashioned views.
- rubble The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.
- tailings (mining) The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining.