jetsam

English

Etymology

From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison

Noun

jetsam (countable and uncountable, plural jetsams)

articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress
There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.
(by extension) discarded odds and ends
They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.

Derived terms

flotsam and jetsam

Translations

jetsam

Esperanto: fuko
Finnish: ajelehtiva hylkytavara
French: lest (fr) m
German: Strandgut n

Greek: ξέβρασμα (el) n (xévrasma)
Maori: titītai
Scottish Gaelic: caitheachan m, murrag f
Spanish: echazón (es) f, desechos (es) m pl

See also

Anagrams

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