"jetsam" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛtsəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jetsam.wav [Southern-England] Forms: jetsams [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(H)yeh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|jetteson}} Middle English jetteson, {{der|en|xno|getteson}} Anglo-Norman getteson, {{doublet|en|jettison}} Doublet of jettison Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} jetsam (countable and uncountable, plural jetsams)
  1. Articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-jetsam-en-noun-xpKxdfr5
  2. (by extension) Discarded odds and ends. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-jetsam-en-noun-Z1WyIvNY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flotsam and jetsam Related terms: flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, lagan, derelict, salvage Translations (jetsam): fuko (Esperanto), ajelehtiva hylkytavara (Finnish), lest [masculine] (French), გემიდან ქარიშხლის გადაყრილი ტვირთი (gemidan karišxlis gadaq̇rili ṭvirti) (Georgian), Strandgut [neuter] (German), ξέβρασμα (xévrasma) [neuter] (Greek), titītai (Maori), caitheachan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), murrag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), echazón [feminine] (Spanish), desechos [masculine, plural] (Spanish)
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      "word": "გემიდან ქარიშხლის გადაყრილი ტვირთი"
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      "sense": "jetsam",
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      "sense": "jetsam",
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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