remnant
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹɛmnənt/
remnant (plural remnants)
- The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
- The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.
- Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.
- An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.
- (small remaining portion) relic, residue, remainder, lave; See also Thesaurus:remainder
- (unsold end of piece goods) remains
- French: reste
- German: Rest, Überbleibsel, Relikt, Überrest
- Italian: resto, rimanenza, avanzo, residuo
- Portuguese: resto, sobra, restante
- Russian: оста́ток
- Spanish: resto, restante, reliquia, despojo, residuo, retazo
- French: reste
- German: Restposten
- Italian: rimanenza
- Russian: оста́ток
- Spanish: partida restante, remesa restante
remnant (not comparable)
- (archaic) Remaining; still left.
- Because of the remnant dregs of his disease.
- And quiet dedicate her remnant life / To the just duties of an humble wife.
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