flotsam

unzählbar

A noun referring to the wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the sea, or more generally, discarded or useless items.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das Treibgut bezeichnet, also im Meer treibende Wrackteile oder Ladung eines Schiffes, oder allgemeiner weggeworfene oder nutzlose Gegenstände.

1. Wreckage or debris C1 formal

   The wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the sea.

   • The beach was covered with flotsam after the storm.
   • The sailors collected flotsam from the sunken vessel.
   • Flotsam and jetsam are often washed ashore together.

   🇩🇪Treibgut

   Synonyme: debrisdetritusjetsamwreckage

2. Useless or discarded items C1 informal

   People or things that are considered worthless or have been discarded.

   • The attic was full of flotsam from decades past.
   • He collected flotsam from the flea market for his art project.
   • The city's streets were littered with flotsam after the parade.

   🇩🇪Plunder

   Synonyme: debrisdetritusjetsamjunkodds and endsrefuserubbishtrashwaste

• flotsams plural form
• flotsams' possessive plural form
• flotsam's possessive singular form