Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
Trümmer, Schutt, Ruinen
обло́мкиoblómki, разва́линыrazváliny
ула́мкиulámky, розва́линиrozvályny
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
(uncountable)Litter and discarded refuse.
Müll
му́сорmúsor, ломlom, обло́мкиoblómki
(uncountable)Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.
Geröll
Examples
99 sentencesThe beach was littered with debris.
The streets were littered with debris.
The explosion sent debris flying everywhere.
Rescue workers searched through the debris.
Tom looked through the debris on the floor.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French débris, itself from dé- (“de-”) + bris (“broken, crumbled”), or fromBorrowed 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.
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Synonyms
30 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- explosion sent debris
- sent debris flying
- debris flying
- sent debris