Noun: jetsam jet-sum
- The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm
"Beachcombers found pieces of jetsam washed up on the shore"
- The floating wreckage of a ship
"Rescuers searched the ocean for survivors and jetsam from the sunken vessel";
- flotsam
Derived forms: jetsams
Type of: part, portion, wreckage
Encyclopedia: Jetsam