Synonyms of the word detritus


DETRITUSDEBRIS - DUST - JUNK - MATERIAL - RUBBISH - RUBBLE - SCRAP - STUFF - TRASH

detritus

  • n. (countable, chiefly geological) pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
  • n. (biology) Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.
  • n. debris or fragments of disintegrated material.

debris

  • n. Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
  • n. Litter and discarded refuse.
  • n. The ruins of a broken-down structure.
  • n. (geology) Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.

dust

  • n. (uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically…
  • n. (countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.
  • n. (obsolete) A single particle of earth or other material.
  • n. The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
  • n. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
  • n. (figuratively) Something worthless.
  • n. (figuratively) A low or mean condition.
  • n. (slang, dated) cash; money (in reference to gold dust).
  • n. (mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
  • v. (transitive) To remove dust from.
  • v. (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
  • v. (intransitive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
  • v. (transitive) To spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid.
  • v. (chiefly US slang) To leave; to rush off.
  • v. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.

junk

  • n. Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash.
  • n. A collection of miscellaneous items of little value.
  • n. (slang) Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.
  • n. (slang) Genitalia.
  • n. (nautical) Salt beef.
  • n. Pieces of old cable or cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces,…
  • n. (dated) A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece; a chunk.
  • v. (transitive) To throw away.
  • v. (transitive) To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junk shop).
  • n. (nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.

material

  • adj. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
  • adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
  • adj. (law, accounting) Significant.
  • n. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
  • n. Text written for a specific purpose.
  • n. A sample or specimens for study.
  • n. Cloth to be made into a garment.
  • n. A person who is qualified for a certain position or activity.
  • n. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
  • n. The substance that something is made or composed of.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.

rubbish

  • adj. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, Britain, colloquial) Exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.
  • interj. (colloquial) Expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.
  • interj. Expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense.
  • n. Garbage, junk, refuse, waste.
  • n. Nonsense.
  • n. (archaic) ruins or debris of buildings.
  • v. To denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.

rubble

  • n. The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.
  • n. (geology) A mass or stratum of fragments of rock lying under the alluvium and derived from the neighbouring…
  • n. (Britain, dialect, in the plural) The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran,…

scrap

  • n. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
  • n. (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
  • n. Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
  • n. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated to the Norte gang.
  • n. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
  • v. (transitive) To discard.
  • v. (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
  • v. (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
  • v. (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
  • v. (transitive) To make into scrap.
  • n. A fight, tussle, skirmish.
  • v. to fight.

stuff

  • n. Miscellaneous items; things; (with possessive) personal effects.
  • n. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
  • n. A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.
  • n. Abstract substance or character.
  • n. (informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
  • n. (slang, informal) Substitution for trivial details.
  • n. (slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
  • n. (obsolete, uncountable) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
  • n. (obsolete) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
  • n. (obsolete) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
  • n. (nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship…
  • n. Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
  • v. (transitive) To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
  • v. (transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
  • v. (transitive, used in the passive) To sate.
  • v. (transitive, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To break.
  • v. (transitive, vulgar, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To sexually penetrate.
  • v. (transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing…
  • v. To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
  • v. (transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense…
  • v. (transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
  • v. (transitive, dated) To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or…
  • v. (transitive, computing) To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
  • v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, idiomatic) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
  • interj. (slang) A filler term used to dismiss explanation.

trash

  • n. (chiefly US) Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
  • n. A container into which things are discarded.
  • n. Something worthless or of poor quality.
  • n. (slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash…
  • n. (fandom slang, humorous, uncountable) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
  • n. (computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered…
  • n. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
  • v. (US) To discard.
  • v. (US) To make into a mess.
  • v. (US) To beat soundly in a game.
  • v. (US) To disrespect someone or something.
  • v. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
  • v. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
  • v. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain;…

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