Word of the Day - 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
