floatsam
floatsam is the alternative form of flotsam.
Meaning of flotsam
Noun
flotsam (countable and uncountable, plural flotsams)
- Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
- WORF: Sensors beginning to pick up small objects, sir.
PICARD: On screen.
RIKER: Doesn't look natural.
PICARD: Agreed. Enlarge and identify.
WORF: It looks like debris from a space vessel of some kind.
RIKER: It could be one of those ships that was orbiting Dytallix.
LA FORGE: We are in close...1988 May 9, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Conspiracy (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC
- WORF: Sensors beginning to pick up small objects, sir.
Forms of floatsam
| plural | floatsams |
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Questions about floatsam
- What is floatsam the alternative form of?
- Floatsam is the alternative form of flotsam.
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