leftover

Speech parts

1. leftover - Noun

2. leftover - Adjective

3. leftover - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists

not used up

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

left remaining remnant odd unexpended ort other end last rest reserve relic extra balance net
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Antonyms

foundation main beginning cause reason base
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Hypernyms

rest balance remainder residual residue residuum

Phrases with the word

bag for leftover food bag for taking home leftover food leftover artifacts container for leftover food small bag for leftover food key leftover

Examples

The curious mind embraces science; the gifted and sensitive, the arts; the practical, business; the leftover becomes an economist. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

It is these black clothes," said Strange. "I am like a leftover piece of funeral, condemned to walk about the Town, frightening people into thinking of their own mortality. Susanna Clarke

By this action, the Government has proved that so long as it exists, none of us are truly free. Government and freedom are mutually exclusive. So if we value freedom, there's only one conclusion. It's time to get rid of this leftover relic we call Government. Max Barry

I do have some leftover chicken and pasta. (Grace) And wine?... That's acceptable (Julian) Look, buster, I'm not your cooking wench. Mess with me and I'll feed you Alpo. (Grace) Sherrilyn Kenyon

It's almost as if art, in painting and music and stuff, is the leftover of some activity. The activity is the thing that I'm most interested in. Nearly everything that I've done was to see what would happen if I did this instead of that. Robert Rauschenberg

Isn't life strange? There are people who have so many leftover clothes they can't stuff them all in their wardrobe. And then there are people like me, whose socks never match. Haruki Murakami

Close letter words and terms

leftness leftoid leftosphere leftover artifacts leftovers Leftpondia