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jet·ti·son
 jettison
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- pronunciation:
- je
tih
s
 n
[or]
je
tih
zn
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
jettisons, jettisoning, jettisoned |
| definition 1: |
to throw from a ship or airplane to make it lighter or more stable.
The crew jettisoned the cargo as the ship began to toss about in the storm.- similar words:
- cast, chuck, dump, toss
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| definition 2: |
to throw away or call off.
She jettisoned her old magazines.I jettisoned my plans to wash the car when it started raining.- synonyms:
- abandon, cancel, discard
- antonyms:
- keep, retain, salvage
- similar words:
- dump, scrap, scratch
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| related words: |
discard, maroon |
The word jettison
contains the following part:
ject, jet, jac
Latin
root
that means throw; lie
  Example words:
adjacent, adjective, eject, inject, injection, interjection, jet, jettison, object, objective, project, projectile, projection, reject, subject
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