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- Dictionaryremnant/ˈrɛmnənt/
noun
- 1. a part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed: "the bogs are an endangered remnant of a primeval landscape" Similar
- 2. a small minority of people who will remain faithful to God and so be saved (in allusion to biblical prophecies concerning Israel): "if any one ceases to be a witness, he ceases to be one of the remnant"
adjective
- 1. remaining: "remnant strands of hair"
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REMNANT definition: 1. a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece or amount: 2. a…. Learn more.
How to use remnant in a sentence. a usually small part, member, or trace remaining; a small surviving group —often used in plural; an unsold or unused end of piece goods… See the full definition
A remnant is something that's left over, once the rest is used up. If you plan to sew a shirt using only a remnant, it might have to be a midriff shirt. The noun remnant can also be used to refer to leftover things other than cloth.
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.
A remnant is a small piece of cloth that is left over when most of the cloth has been sold. Shops usually sell remnants cheaply.
[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.
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)
The remnants of something are small parts of it that are left over when the main part has disappeared or has been used or destroyed.
1. ( often plural) a part left over after use, processing, etc. 2. a surviving trace or vestige, as of a former era: a remnant of imperialism. 3. (Knitting & Sewing) a piece of material from the end of a roll, sold at a lower price. adj.
