jetsam

incontable

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.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa la carga o el equipo arrojado por la borda de un barco para aligerarlo durante una tormenta, o los restos flotantes de un naufragio.

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.

   🇪🇸echazón

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.

   🇪🇸Restos flotantes de un naufragio

   Sinónimos: debrisflotsamwreckage

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