flotsam

incontable

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

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa los restos o fragmentos de un naufragio o de su carga que flotan en el mar, o, por extensión, objetos desechados o inútiles que se encuentran a la deriva o arrastrados por el agua.

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.

   🇪🇸Restos flotantes de un naufragio

   Sinónimos: 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.

   🇪🇸Desechos o restos sin valor

   Sinónimos: debrisdetritusjetsamjunkodds and endsrefuserubbishtrashwaste

• flotsams plural form
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• flotsam's possessive singular form