The scattered remains of something broken or destroyed; rubble or wreckage.
Carelessly discarded refuse; litter.
Geology An accumulation of relatively large rock fragments: glacial debris.
Biology The fragmented remains of dead or damaged cells or tissue.
[French débris, from Old French debrisier, to break to pieces : de-, intensive pref.; see de- + brisier, to break (from Vulgar Latin *brīsāre, to press grapes, probably of Celtic origin).]
Main Entry: de·bris Pronunciation: d&-'brE, dA-', 'dA-", Brit usu 'deb-(")rE Function: noun Inflected Form: pluraldebris : organic waste from dead or damaged tissue debris —Emergency Medicine>