"flotsam and jetsam" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} flotsam and jetsam (uncountable)
  1. (nautical) The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-flotsam_and_jetsam-en-noun-4FE9pJRp Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (nautical) That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (things discharged from ships): 海难碎片 (hǎinàn suìpiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 搁浅的垃圾 (Chinese Mandarin), Treibgut und Strandgut [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-flotsam_and_jetsam-en-noun-nRWtbqam Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 26 34 22 18 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 49 12 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 56 13 6 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 57 13 7 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'things discharged from ships': 12 72 9 7
  3. (figuratively) A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance. Tags: figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-flotsam_and_jetsam-en-noun-U4Bdmfir
  4. (figuratively) People considered to be of little worth. Tags: figuratively, uncountable Synonyms (items or persons of little worth): dregs
    Sense id: en-flotsam_and_jetsam-en-noun-Cayna3eM Disambiguation of 'items or persons of little worth': 2 2 24 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (random assortment): bits and bobs, bits and pieces, dribs and drabs, odds and ends, odds and sods, bric-a-brac
Disambiguation of 'random assortment': 27 33 35 6

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