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Word entry · 6 letters

jetsam

Best crossword clue

"Floating wreckage"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɛt.səm/Part of speech nounSorted aejmstStarts with JEnds with M1 clues
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Definitions

  1. the floating wreckage of a ship

Word origin

From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison.

Used in a sentence

  • There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.
  • They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.
  • STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.

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