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detritus

/dɪˈtɹaɪtəs/

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Stress the syllable containing “try.”

Start lightly and puts the main beat on a long i vowel. Finish with a relaxed vowel and s; keep the three vowel beats distinct while practicing.

3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2

TRY SAYING
The tide left detritus along the shore.

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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

What does detritus mean?

noun

  1. Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
  2. Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.
  3. Any debris or fragments of disintegrated material.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. Rock consisting of accumulated debris from decayed rocks, like sand, that often is joined by cement.

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IPA pronunciation

/dɪˈtɹaɪtəs/

Pronunciation used in the listening tip.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈdɛtɹətəs/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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It is time that accumulates that immense detritus of beliefs and thoughts on which the ideas of a given period spring up.
Gustave Le BonThe crowd : $b A study of the popular mindProject Gutenberg ebook #445
On its northeastern slopes there are two small glacier lakes, and the basins of two others which have recently been filled with down-washed detritus.
John MuirSteep TrailsProject Gutenberg ebook #326
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Occasionally in the spring, great masses of this detritus slide down the mountains, and cover the snow-drifts in the valleys, thus forming natural ice-houses.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
This process we can conceive of in a comet, if the finer detritus is constantly carried back and arranged in the order of the size of its particles.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109