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Word entry · 7 letters

flotsam

Best crossword clue

"Sea debris"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈflɒtsəm/Part of speech nounSorted aflmostStarts with FEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the floating wreckage of a ship

Word origin

From Anglo-Norman floteson, from Old French flotaison (“a floating”), from floter (“to float”), of Germanic origin (See float.), + -aison, from Latin -atio.

Used in a sentence

  • STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.
  • “What about that one?” “That'll do nicely. That gaggle of human flotsam doesn't even belong on the sea.”

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