jetsam

Examples

• All

• As a result, every score is a sea beach full of jewelry and jetsam.

  Academic text (1991)

• Lot of flotsam and jetsam out tonight.

  The Howling (1981)

• We can only sort through the flotsam and jetsam and choose what makes the most sense.

  Blog text (26)

• With time, however, I was overwhelmed by how much flotsam and jetsam was out there bobbing on the sea of human knowledge.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Dredging his mind for an answer, Father Tim finds only worthless jetsam.

  Fiction book (2002)

• From amongst the flotsam and jetsam, I grabbed something long and whip-like.

  Blog text (2)

• The room was a pleasant rumble, a boy's paradise strewn throughout with the flotsam and jetsam of 21st century Canadian life.

  Academic text (2004)

• The beach was littered with jetsam from the shipwreck, including pieces of wood and cargo.

• After the storm, we found jetsam washed ashore, such as old nets and broken crates.

• Local fishermen often collect jetsam to reuse materials that have drifted from boats.

Synonyms

F

flotsam and jetsam

vsjetsam

1 7.4

Unwanted things left behind, often washed up on a beach

is the narrower maritime case of objects thrown from a ship to lighten it

Compounds

F

flotsam and jetsam

1 7.4

Unwanted things left behind, often washed up on a beach

Surface Forms

Etymology