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- Dictionaryremnant/ˈrɛmnənt/
noun
- 1. a part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed: "the bogs are an endangered remnant of a primeval landscape" Similar
- 2. a small minority of people who will remain faithful to God and so be saved (in allusion to biblical prophecies concerning Israel): "if any one ceases to be a witness, he ceases to be one of the remnant"
adjective
- 1. remaining: "remnant strands of hair"
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a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece or amount: the remnants of last night's meal. remnants of the city's former glory. a carpet remnant. Compare. leftovers. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Things remaining. (and) all the rest idiom. balance. bastion. be left phrase. cremains. cutpiece. deposit
The meaning of REMNANT is a usually small part, member, or trace remaining. How to use remnant in a sentence.
REMNANT meaning: 1. a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece or amount: 2. a…. Learn more.
noun. a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like. Synonyms: remains, rest, residuum, residue, remainder. a fragment or scrap. a small, unsold or unused piece of cloth, lace, etc., as at the end of a bolt. a trace; vestige: remnants of former greatness. adjective. remaining; leftover. remnant. / ˈrɛmnənt / noun.
A remnant is a small piece of cloth that is left over when most of the cloth has been sold. Shops usually sell remnants cheaply.
noun. the plural of remnant. Discover More. Example Sentences. Along the river, crumbling remnants of an active trading hub are overtaken by nature. From The Daily Beast. Then when we arrive at his flat in Shepherd's Bush following the escape, perhaps there ought to be remnants of the ladder. From The Daily Beast.
[usually plural] a part of something that is left after the other parts have been used, removed, destroyed, etc. synonym remains. The woods are remnants of a huge forest which once covered the whole area. Many of the traditions are remnants of a time when most people worked on the land. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
1. ( often plural) a part left over after use, processing, etc. 2. 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 price. adj.
A remnant is something that's left over, once the rest is used up. If you plan to sew a shirt using only a remnant, it might have to be a midriff shirt. The noun remnant can also be used to refer to leftover things other than cloth.
1. : the part of something that is left when the other parts are gone — usually plural — often + of. These villages are the last surviving remnants of a great civilization. A new police force was formed from the remnants of the army. 2. : a small piece of cloth that is left after the rest of the cloth has been sold.
