noun
- goods or equipment thrown overboard from a ship in distress and washed ashore
- discarded or unwanted material; things that have been thrown away
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The beach was littered with jetsam from the shipwreck.
- Pieces of jetsam washed up on shore after the storm.
- The old furniture was just jetsam cluttering the garage.
- She sorted through the jetsam in her closet before moving.
- Maritime law distinguishes between flotsam and jetsam.
- The hurricane left jetsam scattered across the coastline.