detritus.

Loose fragments, waste, or abandoned objects left behind by wear, destruction, or everyday activity.

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Words that belong together

• detritus of war
• domestic detritus

On the page

By morning, the square was strewn with the detritus of the celebration.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.