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View usage for: (flɒtsəm) 1. uncountable nounFlotsam is rubbish, for example bits of wood and plastic, that is floating on the sea or has been left by the sea on the shore. The water was full of flotsam and refuse. Synonyms: junk, debris, sweepings, rubbish More Synonyms of flotsam 2. uncountable nounYou can use flotsam to refer to people who do not have homes or jobs and perhaps have had to leave their own country. [journalism] He was another of the city's flotsam. 3. See flotsam and jetsam More Synonyms of flotsam flotsam in British English (ˈflɒtsəm) noun1. wreckage from a ship found floating Compare jetsam (sense 1), lagan 2. useless or discarded objects; odds and ends (esp in the phrase flotsam and jetsam) Word origin C16: from Anglo-French floteson, from floter to floatflotsam in American English (ˈflɑtsəm) noun1. the wreckage of a ship or its cargo floating at sea 3. unemployed people who drift from place to place ▶ USAGE: The term flotsam and jetsam, which combines the marine senses of the two words, is also used for senses 2 & 3of flotsam Word origin Anglo-Fr floteson < OFr flotaison, a floating < floter, to float < MDu vloten (or OE flotian), to float Synonyms of 'flotsam'debris, rubbish, wreckage, detritus junk, debris, sweepings, rubbish More Synonyms of flotsam Definition floating wreckage from a ship The water was full of flotsam and refuse. Additional synonymsDefinition debris burnt-out buildings, littered with the detritus of war Synonyms debris, remains, waste, rubbish, fragments, litterDefinition small, usually unimportant, objects, jobs to be done, etc. She packed her clothes and a few other odds and ends. Synonyms scraps, bits, pieces, remains, rubbish, fragments, litter, debris, shreds, remnants, bits and pieces, bric-a-brac, bits and bobs, oddments, odds and sods, leavings, miscellanea, sundry or miscellaneous items Definition anything worthless or of poor quality unwanted household rubbish Synonyms waste, refuse, scrap, junk (informal), litter, debris, crap (slang), garbage (US), trash, lumber (British), offal, dross, dregs, flotsam and jetsam, grot (slang), dreck (slang, US), offscourings - florescence
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Additional synonymsMark was dragged from the burning wreckage of his car. Synonyms remains, pieces, ruin, fragments, debris, rubble, hulk, wrack |