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a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece or amount: the remnants of last night's meal. remnants of the city's former glory. a carpet remnant. Compare. leftovers. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Things remaining. (and) all the rest idiom. balance. bastion. be left phrase. cremains. cutpiece. deposit
rem· nant ˈrem-nənt. Synonyms of remnant. 1. a. : a usually small part, member, or trace remaining. b. : a small surviving group often used in plural. 2. : an unsold or unused end of piece goods. remnant. 2 of 2. adjective. : still remaining. Synonyms. Noun. balance. leavings. leftovers. odds and ends. remainder. remains. residue.
a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece or amount: the remnants of last night's meal. remnants of the city's former glory. a carpet remnant. Compare. leftovers. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Things remaining. (and) all the rest idiom. balance. bastion. be left phrase. cremains. cutpiece. deposit
noun. a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like. Synonyms: remains, rest, residuum, residue, remainder. a fragment or scrap. a small, unsold or unused piece of cloth, lace, etc., as at the end of a bolt. a trace; vestige: remnants of former greatness. adjective. remaining; leftover. remnant. / ˈrɛmnənt / noun.
The remnants of something are small parts of it that are left over when the main part has disappeared or been destroyed. After twenty-four hours of fighting, the remnants of the force were fleeing. Beneath the present church were remnants of Roman flooring.
noun. the plural of remnant. Discover More. Example Sentences. Along the river, crumbling remnants of an active trading hub are overtaken by nature. From The Daily Beast. Then when we arrive at his flat in Shepherd's Bush following the escape, perhaps there ought to be remnants of the ladder. From The Daily Beast.
[usually plural] a part of something that is left after the other parts have been used, removed, destroyed, etc. synonym remains. The woods are remnants of a huge forest which once covered the whole area. Many of the traditions are remnants of a time when most people worked on the land. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
REMNANT meaning: 1 : the part of something that is left when the other parts are gone usually plural often + of; 2 : a small piece of cloth that is left after the rest of the cloth has been sold.
noun. /ˈrɛmnənt/. [usually plural] a part of something that is left after the other parts have been used, removed, destroyed, etc. synonym remains The woods are remnants of a huge forest that once covered the whole area.
a piece of something that continues to exist when the rest of that thing has gone: the remnants of last night's meal. (Definition of remnant from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
