debris

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛbɹi/

The English word “debris” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
Litter and discarded refuse.
Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.

Etymology

Borrowed from French débris, itself from dé- (“de-”) + bris (“broken, crumbled”), or from Middle French debriser (“to break apart”), from Old French debrisier, itself from de- + brisier (“to break apart, shatter, bust”), from Frankish *bristijan, *bristan, *brestan (“to break violently, shatter, bust”), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to break, burst”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrest- (“to…

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