English to Dutch Meaning of detritus - detritus

Detritus :

detritus

Detritus :: afval

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Definitions of detritus in English

Noun(1) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up(2) loose material (stone fragments and silt etc

Examples of detritus in English

(1) The growth of these trees is a metaphor for life emerging from the discarded waste, the detritus , the dumpsters of the city.(2) It's still subconscious, cultural detritus , sure, but it's rock music first.(3) Plankton and organic detritus sticks to mucus on the body surface and is moved by cilia to the mouth.(4) Eluvium is the geological term for detritus from weathering rock (soil, dust and rock particles are broken down and redeposited by the wind).(5) The debris and detritus from the sites that were destroyed have been either tainted or sterilized.(6) You waste too much time listening to that sonic detritus .(7) In Hertfordshire and East Anglia, gravels that are in a similar setting to the Hanborough Terrace contain up to 50% Mesozoic detritus at some localities.(8) Some crustaceans filter tiny plankton or even bacteria from the water; others are active predators; while still others scavenge nutrients from detritus .(9) This transition coincides with an upsection increase in megaturbidite beds and increasing abundance of trace amounts of mafic igneous detritus .(10) Everywhere she turned was destruction, debris and detritus , scattered and heaped around.(11) The corridor opened into a larger room occupied by a number of wheeled dumpsters; the floor was covered with scattered refuse and detritus .(12) The accumulation of linguistic relics is not just so much cultural detritus .(13) This Monterey Canyon also provides a well of cold, deep water, rich in nutrients that accumulate from the detritus of organisms above.(14) He photographed cultural detritus of all sorts, and, by a perfectly natural transubstantiation, turned all he photographed into antiques.(15) Coffee is regularly contaminated with unappetising detritus ranging from floor sweepings and twigs to poisonous, mouldy coffee beans.(16) This may reflect drowning of the source of carbonate and terrigenous clastic detritus , and/or retreat of a sediment dispersal system.

(1) to the detriment of ::

ten koste van de

Synonyms

Noun

1. debris ::

puin

2. waste ::

verspilling

3. refuse ::

weigeren

4. rubbish ::

onzin

5. litter ::

nest

6. scrap ::

vodje

7. flotsam and jetsam ::

wrakken

8. rubble ::

puin

14. leavings ::

kliekjes

16. dross ::

schuim

17. scum ::

uitschot

18. trash ::

uitschot

19. garbage ::

vuilnis

20. dreck ::

dreck

Different Forms

detritus

Word Example from TV Shows

$with your detritus, through your anus,\Nlaying waste to everything!$

with your DETRITUS, through your anus,
laying waste to everything!

Money Heist Season 3, Episode 5

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