Flotsam
noun
Waste material or things that have been thrown away, found floating in the sea or washed ashore.
The beach was full of flotsam and jetsam washed up by the sea.
Often appears as...
- flotsam and jetsam
- oceanic flotsam
noun
People or things considered to be unimportant, unwanted or worthless.
The room was filled with the flotsam of her life - unwanted gifts, unread books.
Often appears as...
- social flotsam
- human flotsam
noun
Waste material or things that have been thrown away, found floating in the sea or washed ashore.
The beach was full of flotsam and jetsam washed up by the sea.
Often appears as...
- flotsam and jetsam
- oceanic flotsam
noun
People or things considered to be unimportant, unwanted or worthless.
The room was filled with the flotsam of her life - unwanted gifts, unread books.
Often appears as...
- social flotsam
- human flotsam
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Ocean Themed
Often used when talking about the sea and things found in or near it.
After the storm, the harbor was littered with flotsam.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Indicates unwanted items, sometimes with a sense of disorder or mess.
The flotsam on the beach spoiled the natural beauty of the coastline.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can be used metaphorically to describe a collection of miscellaneous or unconnected items.
His mind was filled with the flotsam of obscure facts and trivia.
Pro Tip 1/3Ocean Themed
Often used when talking about the sea and things found in or near it.
After the storm, the harbor was littered with flotsam.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Indicates unwanted items, sometimes with a sense of disorder or mess.
The flotsam on the beach spoiled the natural beauty of the coastline.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can be used metaphorically to describe a collection of miscellaneous or unconnected items.
His mind was filled with the flotsam of obscure facts and trivia.
Pro Tip 1/3Ocean Themed
Often used when talking about the sea and things found in or near it.
After the storm, the harbor was littered with flotsam.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Indicates unwanted items, sometimes with a sense of disorder or mess.
The flotsam on the beach spoiled the natural beauty of the coastline.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can be used metaphorically to describe a collection of miscellaneous or unconnected items.
His mind was filled with the flotsam of obscure facts and trivia.
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Video examples
The Survival of the Sea...
as the young turtles come to the surface for air. For their first few days of life, should they count themselves amongst the living, the vulnerable turtles swim frantically forward. Ultimately, they will often look to settle in a patch of flotsam, preferably a patch of floating seaweed.
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Dead Whale Carcass Feast...
quantity of food that washes up everyday on coastlines around the world but like so much of the coast the quantity of flotsam and jetsam is unpredictable nobody can rely on it alone this carcass even attracted a shy pack of wolves only
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Bear Eats Dead Whale PIPE...
of food that washes up everyday on coastlines around the world but like so much at the coast the quantity of flotsam and jetsam is unpredictable nobody can rely on it alone this carcass even attracted a shy pack of wolves only
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The Weird World of...
interested yeah baby full speed ahead then wouldn't you know it a vicious tide swirls in and suddenly everything is topsy-turvy among other flotsam the tide brings an arrival now great just what you needed Three's
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National Geographic...
The small flotsam of the forest. The motion of the high clouds streaming above the peaks. I dreamed, that for a moment, time stood quietly and the vision became but a shadow of an infinitely greater world."
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The price of shame PIPE...
has hung like the sword of Damocles over my head. I mean, who can remember what they said a year ago? Scared and mortified, I listen, listen as I prattle on about the flotsam and jetsam of the day;
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Where does creativity...
And what I need, in effect, is a focus. And when I have the question, it is a focus. And all these things that seem to be flotsam and jetsam in life actually go through
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Octopus Mating PIPE...
it a vicious ty squirrels in and suddenly everything is topsy-turvy among other flotsam the tide brings an arrival now great just what you needed Three's
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The Ocean Food Chain PIPE...
the storm and two long lines of debris not just flotsam everything is gathered up including turtles this is a green turtle the loggerhead will encounter
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Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
winds and currents sweep up the chaos of the storm into long lines of debris not just flotsam everything is gathered up
Video examples
The Survival of the Sea...
as the young turtles come to the surface for air. For their first few days of life, should they count themselves amongst the living, the vulnerable turtles swim frantically forward. Ultimately, they will often look to settle in a patch of flotsam, preferably a patch of floating seaweed.
Video examples
Dead Whale Carcass Feast...
quantity of food that washes up everyday on coastlines around the world but like so much of the coast the quantity of flotsam and jetsam is unpredictable nobody can rely on it alone this carcass even attracted a shy pack of wolves only
Video examples
Bear Eats Dead Whale PIPE...
of food that washes up everyday on coastlines around the world but like so much at the coast the quantity of flotsam and jetsam is unpredictable nobody can rely on it alone this carcass even attracted a shy pack of wolves only
Video examples
The Weird World of...
interested yeah baby full speed ahead then wouldn't you know it a vicious tide swirls in and suddenly everything is topsy-turvy among other flotsam the tide brings an arrival now great just what you needed Three's
Video examples
National Geographic...
The small flotsam of the forest. The motion of the high clouds streaming above the peaks. I dreamed, that for a moment, time stood quietly and the vision became but a shadow of an infinitely greater world."
Video examples
The price of shame PIPE...
has hung like the sword of Damocles over my head. I mean, who can remember what they said a year ago? Scared and mortified, I listen, listen as I prattle on about the flotsam and jetsam of the day;
Video examples
Where does creativity...
And what I need, in effect, is a focus. And when I have the question, it is a focus. And all these things that seem to be flotsam and jetsam in life actually go through
Video examples
Octopus Mating PIPE...
it a vicious ty squirrels in and suddenly everything is topsy-turvy among other flotsam the tide brings an arrival now great just what you needed Three's
Video examples
The Ocean Food Chain PIPE...
the storm and two long lines of debris not just flotsam everything is gathered up including turtles this is a green turtle the loggerhead will encounter
Video examples
Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
winds and currents sweep up the chaos of the storm into long lines of debris not just flotsam everything is gathered up
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Quote examples
Michael Wolff
American Author
Bill de Blasio, for his part, became the mayor of New York, surely the most powerful local political position in the nation, and arguably - after Giuliani and Bloomberg - one with a national base, one with, practically speaking, no job at all. He went from marginal political flotsam and jetsam to extraordinary centrality within a few months time.
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Lyall Watson
South African Scientist
Air is traditionally 'thin,' but the more we learn about our atmosphere, the more substantial it becomes. In some places it is so filled with inorganic flotsam that it is almost thick enough to plough; in others, it has become so primed with the by-products of life that it comes close to being a living tissue in its own right.
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Gillian Flynn
American Author
We're into this barrage of pop culture - you know, TV, movies, the Internet. We become creatures that we've made up, made of certain different flotsam from pop culture and certain different personas that are in style.
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Michael Wolff
American Author
Bill de Blasio, for his part, became the mayor of New York, surely the most powerful local political position in the nation, and arguably - after Giuliani and Bloomberg - one with a national base, one with, practically speaking, no job at all. He went from marginal political flotsam and jetsam to extraordinary centrality within a few months time.
Quote examples
Lyall Watson
South African Scientist
Air is traditionally 'thin,' but the more we learn about our atmosphere, the more substantial it becomes. In some places it is so filled with inorganic flotsam that it is almost thick enough to plough; in others, it has become so primed with the by-products of life that it comes close to being a living tissue in its own right.
Quote examples
Gillian Flynn
American Author
We're into this barrage of pop culture - you know, TV, movies, the Internet. We become creatures that we've made up, made of certain different flotsam from pop culture and certain different personas that are in style.
Example 1 of 3
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