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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bit |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt*, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, dram, driblet, drop*, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, minim, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, ounce, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, scruple, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle, trifle, whit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
| Synonyms: | bit, butt end, butt*, dregs, fragment, leaving, lees, ort, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, share, side, stub, tag end |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tittle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bit |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt*, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, dram, driblet, drop*, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, minim, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, ort, ounce, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, scruple, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, trace, trickle, trifle, whit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | residue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
| Synonyms: | balance, debris, dregs, dross, excess, extra, garbage, heel, junk, leavings, leftovers, orts, parings, remainder, remains, remnant, residual, residuum, rest, scourings, scraps, scum, sewage, shavings, silt, slag, surplus, trash |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | scraps |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discarded food |
| Synonyms: | oddments, orts |
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