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jetsam

noun

1 jetsam

The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm.

Roget 782: relinquishment, abandonment etc. (of a course) 624; renunciation, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; quitclaim deed; resignation ... show more

2 jetsam

The floating wreckage of a ship.

synonym: flotsam.

Dutch: zeedrift, drijfhout


Moby thesaurus: castaway, castoff, derelict, discard, dogie, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, foundling, junk, lagan, orphan, refuse, reject, rubbish, trash, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, wreckage.

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