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Jetsam

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
flotsam
plural
Jetsams
possessive
Jetsam's
pluralpossessive
Jetsams'