ALL meanings of jetsam
jet·sam
J j - noun jetsam goods cast overboard deliberately, as to lighten a vessel or improve its stability in an emergency, which sink where jettisoned or are washed ashore. 1
- noun jetsam sth that washes up on shore 1
- noun jetsam Unwanted material or goods that have been thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore, esp. material that has been discarded to lighten the vessel. 1
- noun jetsam articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress. 0
- noun jetsam (by extension) discarded odds and ends. 0
- noun jetsam that portion of the equipment or cargo of a vessel thrown overboard to lighten her, as during a storm 0
- noun jetsam that part of the cargo or equipment thrown overboard to lighten a ship in danger 0
- noun jetsam such material washed ashore 0
- noun jetsam discarded things 0