remnant

rem·nant

R0146700 (rĕm′nənt)n.1. Something left over; a remainder.2. A piece of fabric remaining after the rest has been used or sold.3. A surviving trace or vestige: a remnant of his past glory.4. often remnants A small surviving group of people.

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[Middle English remanant, remnant, from Old French remanant, from present participle of remaindre, to remain; see remain.]

remnant

(ˈrɛmnənt) n1. (often plural) a part left over after use, processing, etc2. a surviving trace or vestige, as of a former era: a remnant of imperialism. 3. (Knitting & Sewing) a piece of material from the end of a roll, sold at a lower priceadjremaining; left over[C14: from Old French remenant remaining, from remanoir to remain]

rem•nant

(ˈrɛm nənt)

n. 1. a remaining, usu. small part or number. 2. a fragment or scrap. 3. a small unsold or unused piece of fabric, as at the end of a bolt. 4. a trace; vestige: remnants of former greatness. adj. 5. remaining; leftover. [1300–50; Middle English remna(u)nt, contraction of remenant < Old French, present participle of remenoir to remain] rem′nant•al, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	remnant - a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer existsleftoverremainder, residual, residuum, rest, residue, balance - something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
	2.	remnant - a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or soldoddment, remainder, endfag end - the frayed end of a length of cloth or ropepiece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric

remnant

noun remainder, remains, trace, fragment, end, bit, rest, piece, balance, survival, scrap, butt, shred, hangover, residue, rump, leftovers, stub, vestige, tail end, oddment, residuum the remnants of Roman flooring

remnant

nounWhat remains after a part has been used or subtracted:balance, leavings, leftover, remainder, remains, residue, rest.

Translations

残余零料

remnant

(ˈremnənt) noun a small piece or amount or a small number left over from a larger piece, amount or number. The shop is selling remnants of cloth at half price; the remnant of the army. 剩餘，零頭布料 残余，零料