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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun remnant has 2 senses
- remnant(n = noun.linkdef) leftover - a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists; Array is a kind of balance, remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest
- remnant(n = noun.artifact) end, oddment, remainder - a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold; Array has particulars: fag end
Derived form verb remain3
is a kind of piece of cloth, piece of material
CIDE DICTIONARY
Remaining; yet left. Fuller. [1913 Webster]
"And quiet dedicate her remnant life
To the just duties of an humble wife." [1913 Webster]
To the just duties of an humble wife." [1913 Webster]
- That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]"The remnant that are left of the captivity." [1913 Webster]"The remnant of my tale is of a length
To tire your patience." [1913 Webster] - A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap. [1913 Webster]"Some odd quirks and remnants of wit." [1913 Webster]
- An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Residue; rest; remains; remainder.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
remnant, n.
1 a small remaining quantity.
2 a piece of cloth etc. left when the greater part has been used or sold.
3 (foll. by of) a surviving trace (a remnant of empire).
1 a small remaining quantity.
2 a piece of cloth etc. left when the greater part has been used or sold.
3 (foll. by of) a surviving trace (a remnant of empire).
Etymology
ME (earlier remenant) f. OF remenant f. remenoir REMAIN
THESAURUS
remnant
afterglow, afterimage, balance, bit, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, debris, detritus, end, fag end, filings, fossil, fragment, heel, holdover, husks, leavings, leftover, leftovers, odds and ends, offscourings, orts, parings, part, piece, rags, refuse, relic, relics, remainder, remains, residual, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, sawdust, scourings, scrap, scraps, shadow, shavings, shred, straw, stubble, stump, survival, sweepings, trace, vestige, wasteROGET THESAURUS
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Remainder
N remainder, residue, remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic, leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts, residuum, dregs, refuse, stubble, result, educt, fag-end, ruins, wreck, skeleton, stump, alluvium, surplus, overplus, excess, balance, complement, superplus, surplusage, superfluity, survival, survivance, remaining, left, left behind left over, residual, residuary, over, odd, unconsumed, sedimentary, surviving, net, exceeding, over and above, outlying, outstanding, cast off, superfluous.
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