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debris definition

de·bris or débris -·bris′ (də brē′; also dā′brē′, dā′brē′; chiefly Brit deb′rē)

noun

  1. rough, broken bits and pieces of stone, wood, glass, etc., as after destruction; rubble
  2. bits and pieces of rubbish; litter
  3. pl. debris -·bris′ (-brēz′) a heap of rock fragments, as that deposited by a glacier

Etymology: Fr débris < OFr desbrisier, to break apart: see de- & bruise

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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