jet·sam

(jĕt′səm)

1. Goods that are cast overboard from a ship, especially in an attempt to lighten the ship, and that sink to the bottom of a body of water.

2. Discarded odds and ends.

[From earlier jetson, alteration of Middle English jetteson, a throwing overboard; see jettison.]

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jetsam

(ˈdʒɛtsəm) or

jetsom

1. (Nautical Terms) that portion of the equipment or cargo of a vessel thrown overboard to lighten her, as during a storm. Compare flotsam¹, lagan

2. (Nautical Terms) another word for flotsam²

[C16: shortened from jettison]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

jet•sam

or jet•som

(ˈdʒɛt səm)

n.

goods that are cast overboard deliberately, as to lighten or stabilize a vessel in an emergency, and that sink where jettisoned or are washed ashore.

Compare flotsam, lagan.

[1560–70; alter. of jetson, syncopated variant of jettison]

jetsam, jetsom

1. part of a ship’s cargo thrown overboard, as to lighten the load in the event of danger.
2. such cargo when it is washed ashore.
3. anything which is discarded. Cf. flotsam.

Jetsam

cargo, equipment, or waste thrown overboard from a vessel at sea. See also flotsam.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	jetsam - the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
	2.	jetsam - the floating wreckage of a ship flotsam wreckage - the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked; "they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors"

Translations

relitti

jetsam

[ˈdʒetsəm] N → echazón f, cosas fpl desechadas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

jetsam

[ˈdʒɛtsəm] n objets jetés à la mer et rejetés sur la côtejet set jet-set [ˈdʒɛtsɛt] n → jet-set m or f
the jet set → le jet-set, la jet-setjet-setter [ˈdʒɛtsɛtə^r] n → membre m du jet-set, membre m de la jet-set
to be a jet-setter → appartenir au jet-set, appartenir à la jet-setjet ski jet-ski [ˈdʒɛtskiː] n → scooter m des mers, jet-ski m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

jetsam

n → über Bord geworfenes Gut; (on beach) → Strandgut nt ? flotsam

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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And clear across to the Atlantic, the Junta in touch with them all and all of them needing guns, mere adventurers, soldiers of fortune, bandits, disgruntled American union men, socialists, anarchists, rough-necks, Mexican exiles, peons escaped from bondage, whipped miners from the bull-pens of Coeur d'Alene and Colorado who desired only the more vindictively to fight--all the flotsam and jetsam of wild spirits from the madly complicated modern world.

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Financiers and promoters, and all the flotsam and jetsam of the sea of speculation surged upon the shores of his eleven millions.

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But all these suggestions were but flotsam and jetsam cast to the surface by a more profound disturbance, which, as she could not consider it at present, manifested its existence by these grotesque nods and beckonings.

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Sudbury was not intended to take the 'flotsam and jetsam' that it has to take today due to lack of prison places for violent offenders.

Prisoners went home a better person

As flotsam and jetsam is unavoidable, beach cleanup efforts are indispensable.

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Once the 2016 fair ended, SHoP disassembled Flotsam & Jetsam, moved it across town and reinstalled it in the Miami Design District's iconic Jungle Plaza to house an outdoor cultural event space for long-term public enjoyment.

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She said: "Starfish are commonly found in large numbers like this on rocky reefs and other flotsam and jetsam in the oceans.

Starfish wash up on beach

"A lot of them were still alive because you could see starfish prints in the sand where they had moved, but a lot of them had flipped over so we went around turning them back over" over." Sealife expert and Anglesey Sea Zoo director Frankie Hobro said: "Starfish are commonly found in large numbers like this on rocky reefs and other flotsam and jetsam in the oceans.

Starfish washed up in their thousands by Storm Hannah

Forget the odd freak result, never has the disparity between the elite and the flotsam and jetsam at the foot of the Premier League been more pronounced.

Terriers should bite now

A Coastguard statement said: "Wreck material includes flotsam, jetsam, derelict or lagan that is found in or on the shores of any tidal water.

Don't wreck boat found on beach; WARNING TO SOUVENIR HUNTERS OVER UNCOVERED VESSEL

Italy, however, refused to take those on board the Aquarius in for processing, and for three days they were left adrift cast aside on the seas like flotsam and jetsam until Spain opened its hearts and ports to those refugees.

Italy's new government must show human compassion

Thursday, March 15 Dunelm Flower Club, Lucy Hutton Smith will present flotsam and jetsam. All demonstrations are held at Durham High School for Girls, Farewall Hall, South Road, Durham, DH1 3TB.

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