debris
Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
Noun 3 meanings
Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
Litter and discarded refuse.
Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.
Etymology
Borrowed from French débris, itself from dé- (“de-”) + bris (“broken, crumbled”), or from Middle French debriser (“to break apart”), from Old French debrisier, itself from de- + brisier (“to break apart, shatter, bust”), from Frankish *bristijan, *bristan, *brestan (“to break violently, shatter, bust”), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to break, burst”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrest- (“to separate, burst”).
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DEBRIS at a glance
DEBRIS has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + B 3 + R 1 + I 1 + S 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,900 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with debris
All rhymes- PARIS7
- MORRIS8
- IRIS4
- KRIS8
- DORIS6
- HUBRIS11
- TETRIS6
- CRIS6
- GRIS5
- ARIS4
- SAFARIS10
- SARIS5
One letter away
- DERRIS7
- NEBRIS8
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