flotsam

flot·sam  (fltsm)

n.

1.

a. Wreckage or cargo that remains afloat after a ship has sunk.

b. Floating refuse or debris.

2. Discarded odds and ends.

3. Vagrant, usually destitute people.

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[Anglo-Norman floteson, from Old French floter, to float, of Germanic origin; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note: In maritime law, flotsam applies to wreckage or cargo left floating on the sea after a shipwreck. Jetsam applies to cargo or equipment thrown overboard from a ship in distress and either sunk or washed ashore. The common phrase flotsam and jetsam is now used loosely to describe any objects found floating or washed ashore.

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flotsam [ˈflɒtsəm]

n

1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) wreckage from a ship found floating Compare jetsam [1] lagan

2. useless or discarded objects; odds and ends (esp in the phrase flotsam and jetsam)

3. vagrants

[from Anglo-French floteson, from floter to float]

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flotsam

material floating on the sea, especially debris or goods from ship-wrecks. Cf. jetsam.

See also: Ships

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Flotsam parts of wreckage of a ship or cargo found floating on the sea, 1607; of odds and ends, 1861. See also jetsam.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

flotsam - the floating wreckage of a ship jetsam wreckage - the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked; "they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors"

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flotsam

noun debris, sweepings, rubbish, junk, wreckage, detritus, odds and ends, jetsam The water was full of flotsam and refuse.

Translations

flotsam [ˈflɒtsəm] N flotsam and jetsam → restos mpl (de naufragio) (Tech) (frm) → pecios mpl

flotsam [ˈflɒtsəm] n

(= floating rubbish) → déchets mpl flottants, déchets mpl à la dérive
flotsam and jetsam (= floating rubbish) → déchets mpl flottants (= odds and ends) → objets mpl hétéroclites, déchets mpl

flotsam

n → Treibgut nt; he was another of the city’s flotsam → er gehörte auch zu den Gestrandeten der Stadt; flotsam and jetsam (floating) → Treibgut nt; (washed ashore) → Strandgut nt; the flotsam and jetsam of our society → die Gestrandeten pl → or das Strandgut unserer Gesellschaft

flotsam [ˈflɒtsəm] n flotsam and jetsam → rifiuti mpl portati dal mare (people) → relitti mpl

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flotsam [ˈflɒtsəm] n flotsam and jetsam → rifiuti mpl portati dal mare (people) → relitti mpl