remains
/rɪˈmeɪnz
/plural noun
1The parts left over after other parts have been removed, used, or destroyed: the remains of a sandwich lunch were on the table...
- The point is that the industrial remains should be removed, the dunes rehabilitated and the rocks carted away so as to create more space for the public to enjoy.
- Lou, behind us, they have floodlit the almost destroyed remains of the front of the U.N. headquarters.
- A young, female arm slipped round from behind him and removed the dissected remains of what was some kind of fish dish.
Synonyms
remainder, residue, remaining part/number/quantity, part/number/quantity (that is) left over, rest, remnant, remnants;
leftovers, leavings, scraps, debris, detritus
technical residuum
1.1Historical or archaeological relics: Roman remains...
- The discovery emphasises the risk to archaeological remains in ploughsoil.
- What is less obvious is the effect that coastal processes have on archaeological remains.
- Archaeological remains have been found of altars, Harappan script and crafts.
Synonyms
antiquities, relics;
inheritance, heritage;
Latin reliquiae
1.2A person’s body after death: he left instructions regarding the disposal of his remains...
- But we seem to ignore their death and disrespect their remains.
- There's a very slim chance they could determine cause of death from these remains.
- The site was originally designed to hold Emperor Hadrian's remains following his death in AD 138.
Synonyms
corpse, dead body, body, cadaver, carcass;
body parts, bones, skeleton
Origin
Late Middle English (occasionally treated as singular): from Old French remain, from remaindre, from an informal form of Latin remanere (see remain).