FLOTSAM


Meaning of FLOTSAM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈflät-səm ]

noun

Etymology: Anglo-French floteson, from floter to float, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English flotian to float, flota ship

Date: circa 1607

1. : floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo ; broadly : floating debris

2.

a. : a floating population (as of emigrants or castaways)

human flotsam

b. : miscellaneous or unimportant material

a notebook filled with flotsam and jetsam

c. : debris , remains

the village…built on the flotsam of war — Stan Sesser

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.