JETTISON

8 letters 15 Scrabble points /ˈdʒɛtɪsən/

Definition of JETTISON

noun
  1. (collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.

    Synonyms: jetsam ballast
  2. The action of jettisoning items.

Related words: jetsam ballast
verb
  1. To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

    "The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill."

  2. To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.

Related words: chuck discard ditch dump junk lose

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters J E T T I S O N
Length 8 letters
Scrabble Score 15 points

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