jettison
(verb) throw as from an airplane
jettison
(verb) throw away, of something encumbering
Source: WordNet® 3.1
jettison (plural jettisons)
(uncountable, collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
Synonym: jetsam ballast
(countable) The action of jettisoning items.
jettison (third-person singular simple present jettisons, present participle jettisoning, simple past and past participle jettisoned)
To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
(figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
Synonyms: discard, chuck, ditch, dump, junk, lose, Thesaurus:junk
Source: Wiktionary
Jet"ti*son. n. Etym: [See Jetsam.]
1. (Mar. Law)
Definition: The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.
2. See Jetsam, 1.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 February 2025
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Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
