jetsam
Cargo thrown overboard
Jetsam is cargo or equipment deliberately thrown overboard to lighten a ship in distress.
The word pairs with flotsam, which is wreckage floating after a shipwreck.
Together, flotsam and jetsam refers broadly to debris, discarded items, or displaced people: the flotsam and jetsam of urban life.
Destroyed remains of something
- detritusLoose waste from decay
- driftwoodSea-delivered shore lumber
- remnantsWhat stays after most goes
- cargoTransported goods
refuse · scrap · litter · waste · discards · castoffs · leavings · residue
Floating without control
- currentsDirectional flows of movement
- tideOcean's cyclical swell
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
floating · driftwood · seaweed · kelp · surf · ebb · shoreline · beach
Deliberately throw out
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- castoffDiscarded item or person
- unwantedNot wished for
- abandonedLeft behind completely
surplus · expendable · throwaway · worthless · forgotten · neglected · discarded · outcast
Destroyed remains of something
- cargoTransported goods
- sunkenDescended beneath water level
- sinkingFalling through water
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
salvage · diving · submerged · seabed · galleon · tragedy · vessel · hull
wreckage
Destroyed remains of something
cargo · refuse · scrap · litter · waste · discards · castoffs · leavings · residue · shards
adrift
Floating without control
buoyancy · floating · driftwood · seaweed · kelp · surf · ebb · shoreline · beach · wash up
discard
Deliberately throw out
abandoned · surplus · expendable · throwaway · worthless · forgotten · neglected · discarded · outcast · refuse
wreckage
Destroyed remains of something
reef · salvage · diving · submerged · seabed · galleon · tragedy · vessel · hull · debris
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
diving · submerged · salvor · exploration · hulk · cargo · beaching · amphorae · archaeologist · conservation
derelict
Abandoned or neglectful
abandonment · liability · wreck · cargo · insurance · maritime · seafaring · legal · recovery · claim
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
- beachcombingseashell, shells, driftwood, sea glass, sand dollar
- junktrash, garbage, refuse, rubbish, waste
- shipwrecksshipwreck, shipwrecks, sunken ships, capsized, derelict
- castoffscrap, junk, trash, waste, refuse
- castoffsdiscards, rejects, throwaways, hand-me-downs, hand-me-down
- flotsam and jetsamWreckage floating after shipwreck