Associations to the word «Debris»

Wiktionary

DEBRIS, noun. Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
DEBRIS, noun. Litter and discarded refuse.
DEBRIS, noun. The ruins of a broken-down structure
DEBRIS, noun. (geology) Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.
DÉBRIS, noun. Alternative spelling of debris
DEBRIS FIELD, noun. (idiomatic) Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.

Dictionary definition

DEBRIS, noun. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King