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flotsams

flotsams is the plural of flotsam.

Meaning of flotsam

Noun

flotsam (countable and uncountable, plural flotsams)

  1. 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

Questions about flotsams

What is flotsams the plural of?
Flotsams is the plural of flotsam.

Words near flotsams in the dictionary

  1. flotillins
  2. floting
  3. flotorial
  4. flotsam
  5. flotsam and jetsam
  6. flotsams
  7. flotson
  8. flotsons
  9. flottant
  10. flotten
  11. Flottum

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