detrition
- n erosion by friction
- n the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
- n effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure
detritus
- n the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
- n loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks
detroit
- n the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor
detroit river
- n a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world