Flotsam
1flotsam — flot·sam / flät səm/ n: floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo compare jetsam Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. flotsam …
2flotsam — ► NOUN ▪ wreckage found floating on the sea. Compare with JETSAM(Cf. ↑jetsam). ● flotsam and jetsam Cf. ↑flotsam and jetsam ORIGIN Old French floteson, from floter to float …
3flotsam — [flät′səm] n. [Anglo Fr floteson < OFr flotaison, a floating < floter, to float < MDu vloten (or OE flotian), to FLOAT] 1. the wreckage of a ship or its cargo floating at sea 2. odds and ends 3. unemployed people who drift from place to… …
4flotsam — c.1600, from Anglo Fr. floteson, from O.Fr. flotaison a floating, from floter to float (of Germanic origin; see FLOAT (Cf. float)) + aison, from L. ation(em). Spelled flotsen till mid 19c. when it altered, perhaps under influence of many English… …
5flotsam — UK [ˈflɒtsəm] / US [ˈflɑtsəm] or flotsam and jetsam UK [ˌflɒtsəm ən ˈdʒetsəm] / US [ˌflɑtsəm ən ˈdʒetsəm] noun [uncountable] 1) things that you find floating in the sea or lying on the beach, especially parts of a ship that has sunk 2) things… …
6flotsam — flotsam, flotsan /flotsam/ A name for the goods which float upon the sea when cast overboard for the safety of the ship, or when a ship is sunk. Distinguished from jetsam (goods deliberately thrown over to lighten ship) and ligan …
7flotsam — flotsam, flotsan /flotsam/ A name for the goods which float upon the sea when cast overboard for the safety of the ship, or when a ship is sunk. Distinguished from jetsam (goods deliberately thrown over to lighten ship) and ligan …
8Flotsam — Flot sam, Flotson Flot son, n. [F. flotter to float. See {FFlotilla}, and cf. {Jetsam}.] (Law) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; in distinction from jetsam or jetson. Blackstone. [1913 Webster] …
9flotsam — [n] floating debris cargo, castoffs, jetsam, junk, odds and ends, sea drift, wreckage; concepts 260,674 …
10flotsam — [[t]flɒ̱tsəm[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Flotsam is rubbish, for example bits of wood and plastic, that is floating on the sea or has been left by the sea on the shore. The water was full of flotsam and refuse. 2) N UNCOUNT You can use flotsam to refer to… …
