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noun
Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Discarded or leftover odds and ends.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the floating wreckage of a ship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: flotsam
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wreckage
noun
the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: part, portion
History
From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
