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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellaneous grouping |
| Synonyms: | assortment, bits, bits and pieces, bits and pieces, debris, etcetera, hodgepodge, jumble, knickknacks, leavings, leftovers, litter, medley, melee, miscellaneous paraphernalia, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, mélange, notions, novelties, oddments, olio, particles, patchwork, potpourri, rags, refuse, remainder, remains, remnants, rest, rubbish, rummage, scraps, sundries, sundry items, this and that |
| Main Entry: | garbage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse, litter |
| Synonyms: | bits and pieces, debris, detritus, dreck, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, scrapings, sewage, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste |
| Notes: | debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person |
| Main Entry: | leftover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remainder, remains |
| Synonyms: | debris, leavings, legacy, oddments, odds and ends, orts, remnants, residue, scraps, surplus, survivor, trash |
| Antonyms: | main meal |
| Main Entry: | miscellany |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | varied collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, anthology, assortment, brew, collectanea, combination, combo, compilation, conglomeration, cumulation, diversity, farrago, gallimaufry, garbage*, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, melee, mess, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, muddle, mélange, odds and ends, olio, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, smorgasbord, stew, variety |
| Antonyms: | single |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mixed bag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellaneous collection |
| Synonyms: | all shapes and sizes, all sorts, array, assortment, choice, collection, combination, combo, conglomerate, diversity, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, melange, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, montage, mélange, odds and ends, patchwork, potpourri, smorgasbord, sundries |
| Main Entry: | remainder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | balance, residue |
| Synonyms: | bottom of barrel, butt, carry-over, detritus, dregs, excess, fragment, garbage, hangover, heel, junk, leavings, leftover, obverse, oddment, odds and ends, overplus, refuse, relic, remains, remnant, residuum, rest, ruins, salvage, scrap, stump, surplus, trace, vestige, waste, wreck, wreckage |
| Notes: | remainder is a general word for what is left over, while residue (and residuum) is the remains at the end of a process; remnant is a part left after the greater part has been removed |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
| Main Entry: | remnant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
| Synonyms: | balance, bit, dregs, dross, end, end piece, excess, fragment, hangover, heel, leavings, lees, leftovers, odds and ends, orts, part, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remains, residual, residue, residuum, rest, rump, scrap, shred, strip, surplus, survival, vestige |
| Notes: | remainder is a general word for what is left over, while residue (and residuum) is the remains at the end of a process; remnant is a part left after the greater part has been removed |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remainder of something |
| Synonyms: | balance, bottom of barrel, dregs, dross, excess, heel, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, orts, others, overplus, remains, remnant, residual, residue, residum, rump, superfluity, surplus |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
| Main Entry: | scrap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny bit of something |
| Synonyms: | atom, bite, bits and pieces, butt, castoff, chip, chunk, crumb, cutting, discard, end, fragment, glob, gob, grain, hunk, iota, jot, junk, leaving, leftover, lump, mite, modicum, morsel, mouthful, odds and ends, orts, part, particle, piece, portion, remains, shred, slice, sliver, smithereen, snatch, snippet, speck, stump, trace, waste |
| Antonyms: | load, lot |
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