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Jetsam (Noun)

The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm.

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

The sailors desperately threw the heavy cargo overboard, turning it into jetsam in the chaotic storm.
As the fierce hurricane approached, the captain ordered his crew to discard the nonessential items, transforming them into jetsam in the turbulent waters.
After hours of battling strong winds, the crew had thrown so much jetsam overboard that their ship was starting to ride higher in the waves.
In the aftermath of the storm, beachcombers discovered fragments of jetsam scattered along the shoreline, remnants of a desperate struggle to stay afloat.
Many of the items that had been so painstakingly loaded onto the ship now lay at the bottom of the ocean, nothing more than jetsam lost in the chaos of the storm.

The floating wreckage of a ship.

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

The rescue team navigated through the jetsam to reach the surviving crew members clinging to a piece of debris.
Lifeboats were deployed to rescue those floating among the jetsam, scattered across the surface of the ocean.
The cargo ship was reduced to nothing but jetsam after it collided with a rocky reef and disintegrated.
As the crew abandoned ship, they left behind a trail of jetsam, including broken furniture and loose equipment.
Drifting through the water, the jetsam from the sunken ship posed a significant hazard to nearby vessels.