leftover
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vər noun
1.
Usually, leftovers. food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal, especially when saved for later use.
2.
anything left or remaining from a larger amount; remainder.
adjective
3.
being left or remaining, as an unused portion or amount: leftover meatloaf.
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| —n | |
| 1. | (often plural) an unused portion or remnant, as of material or of cooked food |
| —adj | |
| 2. | left as an unused portion or remnant |
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Leftover
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Example sentences
The remaining liquid, which contains the leftover salts, shoots out of the system at high pressure.
They took something called rice husk ash: the leftover husks from processing rice are burned for energy, and the ash remains.
The leftover mashed-up pulp is then treated with a solvent to remove any remaining oil.
The next step is to try to create stem cells without the leftover chromosomes from the egg.
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