DETRITUS Synonyms

• sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

• a worthless message

• a receptacle where waste can be discarded

• the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal

• rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)

• conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers

• material used to provide a bed for animals

• strew

• make a place messy by strewing garbage around

• give birth to a litter of animals

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

• show unwillingness towards

• not accept as true

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• refuse to let have

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• any object that is left unused or still extant

• a relic that has been excavated from the soil

• the dead body of a human being

• matter that remains after something has been removed

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

• worthless material that is to be disposed of

• a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• dispose of (something useless or old)

• have a disagreement over something

• make into scrap or refuse

• worthless material that is to be disposed of

• worthless people

• nonsensical talk or writing

• an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

• dispose of (something useless or old)

• express a totally negative opinion of

• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

• the trait of wasting resources

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• use inefficiently or inappropriately

• dispose of

• run off as waste

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• spend extravagantly

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• cause to grow thin or weak

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• become physically weaker

• the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked

• a piece broken off or cut off of something else

• a broken piece of a brittle artifact

• an incomplete piece

• break or cause to break into pieces

• the act of departing

• a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists

• a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

• fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• free microscopic particles of solid material

• remove the dust from

• rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape

• cover with a light dusting of a substance

• distribute loosely

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails

• dispose of (something useless or old)

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up