flotsam.

Floating debris from a vessel or wreck, or scattered unwanted material more generally.

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Words that belong together

• flotsam and jetsam
• floating flotsam

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Flotsam gathered against the broken pier.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.