Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jetsam

2 senses of jetsam

Sense 1
jetsam -- (the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm)
       => part, portion -- (something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together")

Sense 2
flotsam, jetsam -- (the floating wreckage of a ship)
       => wreckage -- (the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked; "they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors")