remainsre‧mains /rɪˈmeɪnz/ ●●○ W3 noun [plural] 
On the table were the remains of the evening meal. extensive Roman remains (=of ancient buildings) at Arles2the body of someone who has died: Her remains are buried in Westminster.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A special chapel was built to house Spencer's remains.
- The architect's remains are interred in St Paul's cathedral.
- These rocks contain the fossilised remains of extinct animals.
- They found the remains of a young woman under the floor boards.
- A plastic bag containing some of his remains was found two weeks later at Reigate.
- Before me were the remains of an impromptu wedding breakfast.
- In shallow marine sediments from anywhere on the present Earth one might expect to find the skeletal remains and teeth of sharks.
- They also direct preparation and shipment of remains for out-of-State burial.
- This facial reconstruction is used by police when they're trying to identify human remains.
THESAURUSa dead body
noun [countable] the dead body of a person: · Her body was discovered at the bottom of a cliff.· Firefighters found the body of a woman in the house.
noun [countable] the dead body of a person. Corpse is is used when you are thinking about the body as an object rather than a person: · Pathologists examined the corpse.
noun [countable] the dead body of an animal: · a whale carcass· The carcasses of the infected animals were burned.
noun [plural] parts of a dead person or animal, especially when they died a long time ago: · Police found human remains under the floorboards of the house.
Longman Language Activatorthe body of a dead person or animal the body of someone who has recently died: · Police found the body of a young boy in Epping Forest last night.· The woman fell to her knees beside her son's body and began crying and wailing.· The bodies of the two soldiers were buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.dead body: · The first time I ever saw a dead body was at my grandfather's funeral.
the body of a dead person, used when you consider the body as an object and not as a person: · Thieves are digging up corpses in order to steal jewellery and gold teeth.· The streets were filled with the stench of decaying corpses.
the parts of someone's body that remain after they die, especially after their body has been dead for a long time: · They found the remains of a young woman under the floor boards.· These rocks contain the fossilised remains of extinct animals.· The architect's remains are interred in St Paul's cathedral.
the white powder that is left after a body has been burned as part of a funeral ceremony: · They burned Gandhi's body and scattered the ashes on the waters of the Jumna river.· Kay kept her father's ashes in an urn on the mantelpiece.
the part of something that remains what is left after everything or everyone else has gone, been used, or been dealt with: · You carry these two bags and I'll bring the rest.· Homes were found for about 5,000 of the animals, but the rest had to be killed.the rest of: · What will you do with the rest of the money?· He'll be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
the small amount that remains after everything else has gone, or been eaten, used, destroyed etc. What remains of is more formal than what is left of: · Soldiers were firing on what remained of the church.· At last she went, and I settled down to enjoy what was left of the afternoon.
the very last part of something that is left after everything else has gone: · The last of the tickets were sold Thursday.· This is the last of the paint, and I don't think it's going to be enough.· The judge sentenced the last of the three defendants in the case to 10 years.
formal the part of something that remains after everything else has gone: · £100 of the purchase price must be paid now, and the remainder is to be paid off in monthly installments.the remainder of: · Simmer the soup uncovered for the remainder of the cooking time.· The school board agreed to suspend Linda Cole for the remainder of the school year.
the part of something that remains after everything else has gone or been eaten, used, destroyed etc: the remains of sth: · Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient Roman village.· Each pile of gray ash was the remains of a house.
informal food that has not been eaten at the end of a meal: · We used the leftovers to make soup the next day.· It's a great way to use up leftovers.
the parts that remain when the rest of a building has been destroyed: · In Greece we spent a lot of time exploring old churches and ruins.· the ancient Mayan ruins at Chichen Itzaruins of: · Lumber was salvaged from the ruins of burned-out houses.
the few parts of something that remain after people have stopped using it or after it has been destroyed: · Archeologists are worried that the ancient steps, walls, and other remnants may be lost forever.remnants from: · Two stained glass windows were remnants from when the building had been used as a church.remnants of: · Rescuers dug through the remnants of 342 cities, towns, and villages demolished in the earthquake.· The two leaders promised to work to remove any remnants of Cold War hostility.
WORD SETSasphyxia, nounautopsy, nounbarrow, nounbequeath, verbbereaved, adjectivebereavement, nounbier, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounburial, nounbury, verbcasket, nouncatacomb, nouncatafalque, nouncemetery, nouncenotaph, nouncharnel house, nounchurchyard, nouncoffin, nouncommittal, nouncondolence, nouncoroner, nouncorpse, nouncortege, nouncot death, nouncremate, verbcrematorium, nouncrib death, nouncrucifixion, nouncrucify, verbcrypt, noundeath mask, noundemise, noundeparted, adjectiveD.O.A., adjectivedrown, verbembalm, verbend, nounepitaph, nouneulogy, nounexhume, verbexpire, verbfatality, nounfuneral, nounfunerary, adjectivefunereal, adjectivegrave, noungravedigger, noungravestone, noungraveyard, nounheadstone, nounhearse, nounhospice, nouninter, verbinterment, nounmausoleum, nounmorgue, nounmortality, nounmortician, nounmortuary, nounmortuary, adjectivemourner, nounmourning, nounmummify, verbmummy, nounnecrophilia, nounobsequies, nounpall, nounpallbearer, nounpassing, nounperish, verbplot, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbpyre, nounquietus, nounremains, nounrest, verbrigor mortis, nounRIP, rise, verbsarcophagus, nounsepulchre, nounshroud, nounthrenody, nountoll, nountomb, nountombstone, nountumulus, nounundertaker, nounundertaking, nounurn, nounvault, nounwake, nounwar memorial, nounwill, nounwinding sheet, nounwreath, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Police discovered the skeletal remains of a corpse buried near the river. The murderer’s identity remains unknown.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
(=the body of someone who has died)· The police found human remains in the basement.
· War remains a possibility.
Police discovered the skeletal remains of a corpse buried near the river.· After the election, political tension remains high.
The murderer’s identity remains unknown.· Patterns made in fields by the tracks of heavy machinery also frequently resemble patterns associated with archaeological remains.· The objective is to provide facilities for the investigation and recording of archaeological remains prior to development.
· This facial reconstruction is used by police when they're trying to identify human remains.· Piece of blue polythene sheeting used to carry coals also discovered close to scene of fire where human remains found.· So long as the human species remains at once sentient and vulnerable, fear will influence thoughts and actions.· The human remains that would be discovered over the next fifty years brought the death toll to nearly five hundred.· This has led to controversy, particularly as regards the date of fossil human remains from California.· Searchers on Friday recovered human remains among the wreckage.
· Copper can favor the preservation of organic remains, perhaps by preventing the activity of destructive micro-organisms.· Climate plays an important role too in the preservation of organic remains.· But there are no organic remains of any kind.· All over the world, rocks of this antiquity were carefully searched for organic remains.
· Occasionally the silica-rich skeletal remains of single-celled marine organisms, diatoms, and of sponges occur in pottery.· In shallow marine sediments from anywhere on the present Earth one might expect to find the skeletal remains and teeth of sharks.· Her skeletal remains were found then.· Excavators have found skeletal and cremated remains in some megalithic structures, but by no means all.· The handprints on the walls match the size of hands from skeletal remains of Paleolithic women.· The remains, however, appear to be little more than hair and fragments of flesh covering ghastly skeletal remains.
NOUN· Only one certain fact remains with her.· Can't explain. Fact remains, they do.
· The question remains, however, one of translating local performance into national success.· The question remains in both legends equally, nevertheless, as to where virtue ends and vice begins in such pious adventures.· The broader and more difficult question remains.· Which is not the same thing as saying they don't exist: the question remains open.
VERB· Many birds of prey regurgitate pellets which contain the indigestible remains of their prey, including much of the bone.· A plastic bag containing some of his remains was found two weeks later at Reigate.· Three dates with ages of between 98,000 years and 105,000 years were obtained for strata containing Neanderthal remains at Tabun.· Usually each pellet contains the remains of only one individual.
· The man's body was discovered among the remains of a burnt out cottage.· Other relics have been discovered, like the remains of a possible Saxon building.· Yet further down he discovered the remains of a Neolithic hut.
· Archaeologists claimed to have found the remains of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, where Hamlet was given its first performance.· In shallow marine sediments from anywhere on the present Earth one might expect to find the skeletal remains and teeth of sharks.· But an examination of the wreck by remote-controlled cameras failed to find any human remains or personal effects.· Excavators have found skeletal and cremated remains in some megalithic structures, but by no means all.· Here he found remains of structures for rendering blubber into whale oil.· In the wall, he found the remains of a cat who had been missing for more than a year.· Firemen found the charred remains of the two sisters as they sifted through the debris.· Here are found his remains, arranged in a simulated figure that is covered by an Augustinian habit.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► somebody’s mortal remains
- I know Benson has a Ph.D., but the fact remains that he has no practical experience.
- The fact remains that without raising taxes we won't be able to pay for any of these programs.
- But the fact remains that the safeguards themselves do not prevent the government using civil plutonium for defence purposes.
- But the fact remains that we are limited to inferring what the experiences of other brains are like from our own case.
- But the fact remains that Wolf and the tendency Wolf represented made an inward-looking discipline possible and, ultimately, respectable.
- But the fact remains: Corn is an inherent ingredient in our traditional larder.
- But, the fact remains that they are.
- Nevertheless, the fact remains that the extent to which they are genuinely accountable locally is entirely within their own discretion.
- None the less the fact remains that the presence of descent groups tells us nothing directly about domestic organization.
- Still, the fact remains that Tolkien did produce a narrative of entrelacement.
- Alas, there is no space to give a proper account of the thoughts of these great minds.
- Capital market theory implies that, for index futures, there is a risk premium.
- Each side then loses something if there is an attempt to meet at a mid-point.
- If you do manage to get him to go, there is drug treatment that could help.
- In forecasting the future there is no certainty.
- On one of them, Longstone Island, there is a lighthouse.
- This is a great loss, because at root there is an integral relation between the ideas of crime and morality.
- We have also noted that there is in practice little inter-observer variation in the scoring of verbal responses in these patients.
WORD FAMILYnounthe remainderremainderremainsadjectiveremainingverbremain
1the parts of something that are left after the rest has been destroyed or has disappearedremains of On the table were the remains of the evening meal. extensive Roman remains (=of ancient buildings) at Arles2the body of someone who has died: Her remains are buried in Westminster.