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| Main Entry: |
remains
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remaining part |
| Synonyms: | debris, detritus, leavings, leftovers, remainder, remnant, remnants, residue, rest, scraps |
| Main Entry: | ash(es) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remains of burning |
| Synonyms: | charcoal, cinders, dust, embers, powder, relics, remains, ruins, slag, soot |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corpse |
| Synonyms: | ashes, bones, cadaver, carcass, carrion, clay, corpus delicti, dead body, deceased, dust, relic, remains, stiff* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cadaver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, cage, carcass, corpse, deceased, mort, remains, skeleton, stiff* |
| Antonyms: | being |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carcass/carcase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body; framework, base structure |
| Synonyms: | body, cadaver, corpse, framework, hulk, mort, remains, shell, skeleton, stiff* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chaff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waste |
| Synonyms: | crust, debris, dregs, husks, pod, refuse, remains, rubbish, shard, shell, trash |
| Notes: | to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly |
| Main Entry: | corpse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, bones, cadaver, carcass, carrion, deceased, departed, mort, remains, stiff* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | litter, waste |
| Synonyms: | bits, crap, detritus, dregs, dross, fragments, garbage, junk, offal, pieces, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, neatness, purity |
| Main Entry: | odds and ends |
| 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 |
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