jetsam

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A noun referring to cargo or equipment thrown overboard from a ship to lighten it in a storm, or the floating wreckage of a ship.

• 🇩🇪Fracht oder Ausrüstung, die von einem Schiff über Bord geworfen wurde, um es im Sturm zu erleichtern, oder treibende Schiffstrümmer.

1. Cargo thrown overboard C1 formal technical

   Equipment or cargo deliberately thrown from a ship to make it lighter, especially during a storm.

   • The sailors threw the heavy boxes overboard as jetsam to save the ship.
   • Jetsam was scattered across the deck after the crew lightened the load.
   • In maritime law, jetsam refers to items jettisoned to prevent sinking.

   🇩🇪Über Bord geworfene Ladung

2. Floating wreckage C1 formal

   Debris and wreckage from a ship that is floating in the water after a wreck.

   • The coast guard recovered jetsam from the sunken vessel.
   • Jetsam washed ashore after the storm passed.
   • Divers searched through jetsam looking for survivors' belongings.

   🇩🇪Treibgut

   Synonyme: debrisflotsamwreckage

• jetsam plural form
• jetsams' possessive plural form
• jetsam's possessive singular form