flotsam
Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreckDebris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
» Lots of flotsam is fished out of the water.
Es wird jede Menge Treibgut aus dem Wasser gefischt. — mayabe
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
Treibgut
обло́мкиoblómki
- the floating wreckage of a ship
Examples
1 sentencesLots of flotsam is fished out of the water.
deEs wird jede Menge Treibgut aus dem Wasser gefischt. — mayabe
Translations
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Origin
From Anglo-Norman floteson, from Old French flotaison (“a floating”), from floter (“to floFrom Anglo-Norman floteson, from Old French flotaison (“a floating”), from floter (“to float”), of Germanic origin (See float.), + -aison, from Latin -atio.
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Forms
plural: flotsamsSynonyms
1 synonyms- the floating wreckage of a ship:jetsam
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.