JETSAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jetsam mean? 

• JETSAM (noun)
  The noun JETSAM has 2 senses:

1. the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm

2. the floating wreckage of a ship

  Familiarity information: JETSAM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JETSAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("jetsam" is a kind of...):

part; portion (something less than the whole of a human artifact)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The floating wreckage of a ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

flotsam; jetsam

Hypernyms ("jetsam" is a kind of...):

wreckage (the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked)