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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, dump, dunghill, dust, hogwash, junk, leavings, litter, muck, offal, rejectamenta, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste, waste matter |
| Notes: | one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered |
| Antonyms: | assets, possessions, property |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | ruins |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buildings that are dilapidated |
| Synonyms: | ashes, debris, destruction, detritus, foundation, relics, remains, remnants, residue, rubble, traces, vestiges, wreck, wreckage |
| 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: | trace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence; small bit |
| Synonyms: | breath, crumb, dab, dash, drop, element, footmark, footprint, fragment, hint, indication, intimation, iota, jot, mark, memento, minimum, nib, nuance, particle, pinch, proof, record, relic, remains, remnant, scintilla, shade, shadow, shred, sign, slot, smell, smidgen, snippet, soupçon, speck, spoor, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suggestion, survival, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, tittle, token, touch, track, trail, tread, trifle, vestige, whiff, whisper |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | track |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mark, print made by something |
| Synonyms: | clue, footmark, footprint, footstep, groove, impress, impression, imprint, indication, memorial, monument, path, print, record, remains, remnant, rut, scent, sign, slot, spoor, step, symbol, token, trace, tract, trail, tread, vestige, wake |
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