Detritus
WordNet
noun
(1) Loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks
(2) The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
WiktionaryText
Etymology
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Noun
- pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
- Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.
- debris or fragments of disintegrated material
- 2001. "But of course: no clutter. No newspapers, no renegade scraps of domestic detritus, no rubber bands, paper clips, coupons, pens or pencils, notebooks, magazines. No knives. Where were the knives?" — Chip Kidd. The Cheese Monkeys