leftovers

Noun

Meaning

food remaining from a previous meal

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

left remainder excess surplus debris picking residue remnant detritus dross overplus remains pizza leftover vestige

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Hypernyms

food solid food

Phrases with the word

container used to take leftovers home bag containing leftovers bag for leftovers container for leftovers container for taking leftovers home small bag for leftovers

Examples

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. Calvin Trillin

Advancing bourgeois society liquidates memory, time, recollection as irrational leftovers of the past. Theodor Adorno

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food. David Byrne

If you deliberate for too long, you will end up with leftovers. Croatian Proverb

If you take too long to choose, you will end up with the leftovers. Croatian Proverb

Fortunes exist among leftovers. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

leftosphere leftover leftover artifacts Leftpondia Leftpondian Leftridge