debris

de-bris · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Scattered fragments of something destroyed or broken.

  2. 2.

    Loose natural material, such as rock or organic matter.

  3. 3.

    Rubbish or litter.

Related words

See also: rubble, ruins, wreckage
Synonyms: remains, rubble, ruins, wreckage

Etymology

From French debris, from debriser "to break down," from Old French debrisier, from de- (expressing reversal) + brisier "to break."