Debris: alternatives and connections

Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portion…

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A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

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Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.