Word of the Day - Flotsam

How to pronounce flotsam

Flotsam – f l oh t s ax m

Floating ship wreckage

I found the old bottle floating in the flotsam

Definition noun

the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water.Compare jetsam, lagan.

material or refuse floating on water.

useless or unimportant items; odds and ends.

a vagrant, penniless population:

How to Pronounce Flotsam

Synonyms for flotsam on Thesaurus.com

cargo, jetsam, junk, wreckage, castoffs, odds and ends, sea-drift

Dictionary Entries near flotsam

flotation tank, flote grass, flotel, flotilla, Flotow, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, FLOTUS, flounce, flouncing, flouncy

First known use

1600–10; <Anglo-French floteson, derivative of floter to float <Old English flotian

Word of the Day - Flotsam