jetsam

English - Turkish

Definition of jetsam in English Turkish dictionary: gemiyi kurtarmak için denize atılan yük; bu şekilde atıldıktan sonra karaya vuran eşya veya yük; tehlike zamanında gemiyi hafifletmek için denize atılan mal; {i} gemiden denize atılan yük; {i} deniz enkazı
Flotsam and Jetsam: {i} ıvır zıvır
Flotsam and Jetsam: {i} yüzen sahipsiz eşya
Flotsam and Jetsam: {i} serseri
Flotsam and Jetsam: {i} gemi enkazı
Flotsam and Jetsam: {i} ayaktakımı
flotsam and jetsam: denizde yüzen veya kıyıya vuran şeyler

English - English

Definition of jetsam in English English dictionary: discarded odds and ends
They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.; articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress
There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.; {n} goods from a shipwreck; {i} goods thrown overboard from a ship in distress in order to lighten it or improve its balance; Jettison; Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy; see flotsam. things that are thrown from a ship and float on the sea towards the shore flotsam and jetsam flotsam (jettison); See Jettison, 1; the floating wreckage of a ship; the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm
flotsam and jetsam: The remains of a shipwreck still floating in water
flotsam and jetsam: A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance
flotsam and jetsam: People considered to be of little worth
The flotsam and jetsam of society were at the night club.
flotsam and jetsam: That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally)
Flotsam and Jetsam: {i} type of heavy metal rock band formed in 1983 in Phoenix (Arizona, USA)

jetsam

Hyphenation

jet·sam

[ 'jet-s&m ] (noun.) 1570. From Middle English jetteson (see jettison).

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