noun [U]
1 (technical) natural waste material that is left after sth has been used or broken up:
organic detritus from fish and plants
2 (formal) any kind of rubbish/garbage that is left after an event or when sth has been used:
the detritus of everyday life
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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 detritus is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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