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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
afterglow, afterimage, alluvion, alluvium, balance, breccia, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, debris, deposit, diluvium, drift, end, fag end, filings, fossil, grain, granule, granulet, gravel, grit, holdover, husks, leavings, leftovers, loess, moraine, odds and ends, offscourings, orts, parings, rags, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, sand, sawdust, scourings, scraps, scree, sediment, shadow, shavings, shingle, silt, sinter, straw, stubble, stump, survival, sweepings, trace, vestige, waste
Dictionary Results for detritus:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
detritus
    n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken
         up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]
    2: loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn
       away from rocks
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Detritus \De*tri"tus\, n. [F. d['e]tritus, fr. L. detritus, p.
   p. of deterere. See Detriment.]
   1. (Geol.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by
      attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial
      detritus.
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   Note: For large portions, the word d['e]bris is used.
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   2. Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they
      belonged; any product of disintegration.
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            The mass of detritus of which modern languages are
            composed.                             --Farrar.
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