noun [U]
1 pieces of wood, metal, brick, etc. that are left after sth has been destroyed:
Emergency teams are still clearing the debris from the plane crash. * Several people were injured by flying debris in the explosion.
2 (written or formal) pieces of material that are not wanted and rubbish/garbage that are left somewhere:
Clear away leaves and other garden debris from the pond. * the debris of their lunch
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for debris is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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