debris [duh-bree, dey-bree or, especially Brit., deb-ree]
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debris [duh-bree, dey-bree or, especially Brit., deb-ree]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: litter, waste
Synonyms: bits, crap, detritus, dregs, dross, fragments, garbage, junk, offal, pieces, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage
Notes: debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person
Antonyms: cleanliness, neatness, purity
Main Entry: garbage
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: refuse, litter
Synonyms: bits and pieces, debris, detritus, dreck, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, scrapings, sewage, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste
Main Entry: hogwash
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nonsense
Synonyms: BS, absurdity, balderdash, baloney, bull*, bunk, debris, drivel*, foolishness, hokum, hooey, horsefeathers, poppycock, refuse, ridiculousness, rot, rubbish, trash, twaddle
Antonyms: sense, truth
Main Entry: junk
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: odds and ends; garbage
Synonyms: clutter, collateral, debris, filth, hogwash, litter, miscellany, offal, refuse, rubbish, rubble, rummage, salvage, scrap, trash, waste
Main Entry: leftover
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: remainder, remains
Synonyms: debris, leavings, legacy, oddments, odds and ends, orts, remnants, residue, scraps, surplus, survivor, trash
Antonyms: main meal
Main Entry: mess
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disorder, litter
Synonyms: botch, chaos, clutter, combination, compound, confusion, debris, dirtiness, disarray, discombobulation, disorganization, every which way, eyesore, fright, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, mayhem, mishmash, monstrosity, salmagundi, shambles, sight, turmoil, untidiness, wreck, wreckage
Antonyms: order, organization, tidiness
Main Entry: odds and ends
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: miscellaneous grouping
Synonyms: assortment, bits, bits and pieces, bits and pieces, debris, etcetera, hodgepodge, jumble, knickknacks, leavings, leftovers, litter, medley, melee, miscellaneous paraphernalia, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, mélange, notions, novelties, oddments, olio, particles, patchwork, potpourri, rags, refuse, remainder, remains, remnants, rest, rubbish, rummage, scraps, sundries, sundry items, this and that
Main Entry: refuse
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: garbage
Synonyms: debris, dregs, dross, dump, dunghill, dust, hogwash, junk, leavings, litter, muck, offal, rejectamenta, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste, waste matter
Antonyms: assets, possessions, property
Main Entry: remains
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: remaining part
Synonyms: debris, detritus, leavings, leftovers, remainder, remnant, remnants, residue, rest, scraps
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