Flotsam (Noun)
Meaning
The floating wreckage of a ship.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The coast was littered with flotsam from the tanker that had sunk just days before.
- After the storm, flotsam from the old shipwreck washed up on the nearby shores.
- The life raft was a small dot among the flotsam of splintered wood and cargo crates.
- In the days following the collision, rescuers sifted through flotsam in search of survivors.
- The beachcomber walked along the tide line, examining the flotsam that the latest gale had washed up.