JETSAM (N.)

• unwanted material or goods that have been thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore.

SYNONYMS

• Junk
• Sea-drift
• Cargo

Flotsam and jetsam drifted from the yacht, some having already washed ashore.

I am not a purposeless bit of jetsam flung out on the ocean of time to be tossed about helplessly.

We walked along the beach only to find that it was littered with jetsam.

The sailors lightened their load by throwing overboard all of the jetsam.