leftover

leftover
n Usu. leftovers
1. residue, residuum, rest, remainder, balance, carry-over; remnants, fragments, scraps, shards; (of food) orts, leavings; oddments, rummage, odds and ends, truck, junk, Inf. crap; rejectamenta.
2. waste, wastage, remains, refuse, spoils; offscourings, scourings, sweepings, scum; sawdust, shavings, parings, filings, scrapings, raspings; chaff, stubbles; slag, sprue, dross, sordes.
3. excess, superfluity, extra, surplus, surplusage, Commerce. overage.
4. ruins, rubble, detritus; rubbish, trash. See leaving(defs.3, 4).

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  • leftover — index balance (amount in excess), expendable, net, overage, remainder (remaining part), residual Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 200 …   Law dictionary

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  • leftover — ► NOUN ▪ something, especially food, remaining after the rest has been used. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ remaining; surplus …   English terms dictionary

  • leftover — ☆ leftover [left′ō΄vər ] n. 1. something left over 2. [usually pl.] food left over from one meal and, often, eaten at a later meal adj. remaining unused, uneaten, etc …   English World dictionary

  • leftover — [[t]le̱ftoʊvə(r)[/t]] leftovers also left over 1) N PLURAL You can refer to food that has not been eaten after a meal as leftovers. Refrigerate any leftovers... The only food I ever got was the family s leftovers. 2) ADJ: ADJ n You use leftover… …   English dictionary

  • leftover — left|o|ver1 [ˈleftəuvə US ouvər] adj [only before noun] remaining after all the rest has been used, taken, or eaten ▪ leftover vegetables ▪ a few pieces of leftover carpet leftover 2 leftover2 n 1.) leftovers [plural] food that has not been eaten …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • leftover — I. noun Date: 1891 1. something that remains unused or unconsumed; especially leftover food served at a later meal usually used in plural 2. an anachronistic survival ; vestige II. adjective Date: 1897 not consumed or used < leftover …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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