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# debris

«debris» in Mova's school dictionary: **Broken pieces left after something has been destroyed or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (debris — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Broken pieces left after something has been destroyed or has fallen: bits of wood, stone, glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debris/#m1)

2) Rubbish or small pieces scattered about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debris/#m2)

3) (science) Rock and dust, or pieces of old rockets and satellites in space (space debris). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debris/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In news and safety lessons debris after a storm, earthquake or crash can be dangerous, so people stay away. In science «space debris» is junk orbiting the Earth. Phrases: «covered in debris», «flying debris», «space debris», «clear the debris».

### examples

- After the storm the road was covered in debris. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debris/#x1)
- Firefighters searched the debris for survivors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debris/#x2)
- Flying debris can be dangerous in a strong wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debris/#x3)
- Space debris circles the Earth very fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debris/#x4)
- The beach was full of debris from the shipwreck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debris/#x5)
- We cleared the debris from the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debris/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: «a lot of debris», not «debrises». Say DEB-ree (UK) or duh-BREE (US); the s is silent — it comes from French.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «debris» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debris/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.