Geröll — 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.
- detritus noun Small pieces of rock that have broken away because of ice, a glacier, or erosion.
- scree noun Loose broken stones lying on a slope.
- waste noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.
Senses
Geröll is used for these senses in English:
- debris (geology) Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.
- detritus (countable, chiefly, geology) Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
- scree (uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope. [from early 18th c.]
- waste (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
detritus — full definition
- noun Small pieces of rock that have broken away because of ice, a glacier, or erosion.
- noun Waste matter left over from plants or animals that are rotting away.
- noun Loose bits and pieces left over from something that has broken down.
- noun A type of rock made from small bits of older rock, such as sand, pressed and stuck together.
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