Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word detritis.

Examples

  • A photographer by training, he works in odd materials: chocolate syrup, sugar, plastic toys, the dots from hole-punchers, junk, dust, and detritis from a Brazilian street after Carnivale - nearly always sticking to one material for each series.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Heather McDougal 2007

  • A photographer by training, he works in odd materials: chocolate syrup, sugar, plastic toys, the dots from hole-punchers, junk, dust, and detritis from a Brazilian street after Carnivale - nearly always sticking to one material for each series.

    Vik Muniz: Thinking Artist Heather McDougal 2007

  • It's very comforting to keep everything the same, but eventually stuff becomes detritis and circumstances become shackles.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Carrie 2010

  • It's very comforting to keep everything the same, but eventually stuff becomes detritis and circumstances become shackles.

    Surrounded by Spring Cleaning Carrie 2010

  • Lotic species will often construct protective cases out of detritis and sand particles.

    Insecta (Aquatic) 2008

  • Mangrove Ecosystem Studies in Latin America and Africa: Annual variation of particulate organic carbon and degradation of mangrove detritis in Agua Brava Lagoon, Nayarit, Mexico.

    Marismas Nacionales-San Blas mangroves 2007

  • I love the picture of Libby "at her ease", surrounded by the inevitable detritis of puppy ownership!

    Pup and Other Updates 2006

  • I have half the notion to just start loading trash sacks with the detritis that clutters my shelves and horizontal surfaces.

    madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2003

  • They built a fire in one of the holes, into which went all the C-rations detritis: loose paper and plastic and cardboard and stamped-flat cans.

    1968 Haldeman, Joe & Fields, Trinity 1984

  • But their tents and other detritis were gone, stored away in a sanitation garage.

    NYDN Rss BARBARA ROSS 2011

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.