flotsam

flotsam

noun

Definition of FLOTSAM

the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed <the dispirited family picked through the flotsam of their possessions after the hurricane, looking for anything that could be salvaged>

Synonyms ashes, debris, detritus, flotsam, residue, rubble, ruins, wreck, wreckage

Related Words jetsam, leavings, remnant; chaff, deadwood, dross, dust, garbage, junk, litter, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, trash, waste