jetsam
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 6
/ˈd͡ʒɛt.səm/
Definition of jetsam
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load.
“There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load.
“There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.”
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(broadly, countable, uncountable)Discarded or leftover odds and ends.
“They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.”
“STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison.
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