The meaning of Wreckage

noun

Scattered pieces of rubbish or remains.

Usage examples:

Workmen were clearing the roads of the debris from shattered buildings

noun

Broken or torn pieces left from the destruction of something larger

Usage examples:

After the tornado, debris from damaged trees and houses littered the town.

noun

Waste or debris of any kind.

Usage examples:

The streets were foul with detritus

noun

Waste material or rubbish, especially left after a particular event

Usage examples:

Detritus of the stadium was littered with the detritus of yesterday's concert.

noun

A small part broken off or separated from something.

Usage examples:

Small fragments of pottery

verb

Break or cause to break into fragments.

Usage examples:

Lough erne fragmented into a series of lakes

noun

A small piece or part, esp. one that is broken off of something

Usage examples:

A bone fragment, a fragment of indian pottery, she read a fragment of the story.

noun

A rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane.

Usage examples:

His mother stood in the frame of the kitchen door, hands on her hips and a grim expression on her f…

verb

Place (a picture or photograph) in a frame.

Usage examples:

He had had the photo framed

noun

A set of criteria or stated values in relation to which measurements or judgements can be made.

Usage examples:

The observer interprets what he sees in terms of his own cultural frame of reference

noun

An old ship stripped of fittings and permanently moored, especially for use as storage or (formerly) as a prison.

Usage examples:

Some ships were dismasted and used as prison or storage hulks.

noun

The body of an old ship, car, or large piece of equipment, which is broken and no longer used

Usage examples:

The rusted hulk of an abandoned car sat at the side of the road., he was a huge hulk of a man, abou…

noun

The main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings.

Usage examples:

The main structural bulkhead supports the hull sides at the chain plates and the cabin top at the m…

verb

Hit and pierce the hull of (a ship) with a missile.

Usage examples:

The ship was being hulled and all would die

verb

Remove the hulls from (fruit, seeds, or grain).

Usage examples:

First, rinse and hull the berries

noun

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.

Usage examples:

A piece of cheese

verb

Assemble something from parts or pieces.

Usage examples:

The dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

A piece of cake/chicken/pizza, the vase lay on the floor in pieces (= broken into small parts)., sh…

noun

An object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical interest.

Usage examples:

A museum of railway relics

noun

A part of something that is left over when other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with.

Usage examples:

Leave a few mushrooms for garnish and slice the remainder

verb

Dispose of (a book left unsold) at a reduced price.

Usage examples:

Titles are being remaindered increasingly quickly to save on overheads

noun

The part that is left after the other parts are gone, used, or taken away

Usage examples:

It rained the first day but was sunny for the remainder of the trip.

verb

Continue to exist, especially after other similar people or things have ceased to do so.

Usage examples:

A cloister is all that remains of the monastery

plural noun

The parts left over after other parts have been removed, used, or destroyed.

Usage examples:

The remains of a sandwich lunch were on the table

noun

A part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed.

Usage examples:

The bogs are an endangered remnant of a primeval landscape

adjective

Remaining.

Usage examples:

Remnant strands of hair

noun

The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

Usage examples:

A large white house falling into gentle ruin

verb

Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.

Usage examples:

The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

verb

To spoil or destroy something

Usage examples:

It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place., that guy isn’t going to ruin my life.

noun

An internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant.

Usage examples:

The human skeleton

noun

The frame of bones supporting a human or animal body

Usage examples:

We found a deer skeleton.

adjective

Used to describe something in its most basic form

Usage examples:

His solicitor confirmed he had faxed a skeleton argument supporting his client's application for ba…

noun

The destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck.

Usage examples:

The survivors of the wreck

verb

Destroy or severely damage (a structure, vehicle, or similar).

Usage examples:

The blast wrecked 100 houses

verb

Something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation