English Explanatory Dictionary

flotsam and jetsam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water.
  2. That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally).
  3. A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance.
  4. People considered to be of little worth.

Word forms

flotsam and jetsam

Synonyms

bits and bobs bits and pieces dribs and drabs odds and ends odds and sods bric-a-brac dregs
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