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jetsam

Syllables: jet·sam/ˈd͡ʒɛt.səm/

jetsam noun: items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load.

Noun

jetsam (countable and uncountable, plural jetsams)

  1. Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load.
    • There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.
  2. (broadly) Discarded or leftover odds and ends.
    • They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.
    • STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.1991 May 30, Emily Gwathmey, “Storage Box: Catchall's New Life as Eye-Catcher”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2024

jetsam meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

jetsam in Tamil

எறிசரக்குக்ள்

jetsam in Urdu

افگندہ, پھینکا ہوا مال, ریختہ مال

jetsam in Bengali

যাদের জীবন ধ্বংসপ্রাপ্ত, দুর্দশাগ্রস্ত হয়েছে

jetsam in Kannada

ಕಡಲಿನ ಕಸಕಡ್ಡಿ, ತೊರೆದ ಸಾಮಾನು, ತ್ಯಕ್ತ ವಸ್ತು, ಬಿಸಾಡಿದ ಸಾಮಾನು

Forms of jetsam

pluraljetsams

Origin of jetsam

From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison.

Words formed from jetsam

Questions about jetsam

What does jetsam mean?
Jetsam means items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load.
What is jetsam in Tamil?
Jetsam in Tamil is எறிசரக்குக்ள். See Jetsam meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is jetsam?
Jetsam is a noun.
How do you pronounce jetsam?
Jetsam is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛt.səm/.
What is the plural of jetsam?
The plural of jetsam is jetsams.

Words near jetsam in the dictionary

  1. jetport
  2. jetports
  3. jets
  4. jets d'eau
  5. jets off
  6. jetsam
  7. jetsams
  8. jetset
  9. jetsets
  10. jetsetted
  11. jetsetter

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jetsam (page history and authors); jetsam (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jetsam (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jetsam (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jetsam (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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