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Definition of Jetsam
1. Noun. The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm.
2. Noun. The floating wreckage of a ship.
Definition of Jetsam
1. n. Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy.
Definition of Jetsam
1. goods cast overboard [n -S]