Associations to the word «Jetsam»

Wiktionary

JETSAM, noun. Articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress
JETSAM, noun. (by extension) discarded odds and ends

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne