Detritus is the small pieces of rubbish that remain after an event has finished or when something has been used. the detritus of war. pieces of waste that remain after something has been broken up or used (past participle of deterere )
Waste by-products from tool manufacture Most frequently applied to chips and fragments resulting from stone flaking
Small fragments of rock which have been worn or broken away from a mass by the action of water or WAVES
Minute fragments of plant parts found on the soil surface When fused together by algae or soil particles, this is an indicator that surface water was recently present
the particulate decomposition or disintegration products of plankton, including dead cells, cell fragments, fecal pellets, shells, and skeletons, and sometimes mineral particles in coastal waters
{i} debris, rubbish, waste, disintegrated matter; (Geology) rock in small particles, fragments of rocks; (Ecology) organic debris created by disintegration of animals or plants