debris

== English == === Alternative forms === débris (archaic) === 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 separate, burst”). Cognate with Old High German bristan (“to break asunder, burst”), Old English berstan (“to break, shatter, burst”), German bersten (“to burst”). More at burst. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛbɹi/, /ˈdeɪbɹi/ (US, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /dəˈbɹiː/ Rhymes: -ɛbɹi, -iː Hyphenation: de‧bris === Noun === debris (uncountable) Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed. Synonyms: detritus; see also Thesaurus:debris Litter and discarded refuse. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:trash (geology) Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === B-sider, Brides, biders, birdes, brides, rebids, sibred