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| Main Entry: | remains |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remaining part |
| Synonyms: | debris, detritus, remainder, remnant, residue, rest, scraps, leavings, leftovers, remnants |
| Main Entry: | remain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stay, wait |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bunk*, cling, continue, delay, dwell, endure, freeze, go on, halt, hang, hover, inhabit, last, linger, live, lodge, nest, outlast, outlive, pause, perch, persist, prevail, reside, rest, roost, sit tight*, sojourn, squat, stand, stop, survive, tarry, visit, wait, be left, bivouac, hang out, hold over, hold the fort, keep on, make camp, put on hold, remain standing, sit out, sit through, stay behind, stay in, stay over, stay put, stick around |
| Antonyms: | depart, forge, go, leave, move |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ash(es) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remains of burning |
| Synonyms: | dust, embers, powder, remains, ruins, slag, soot, charcoal, cinders, relics |
| Main Entry: | cadaver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, cage, carcass, corpse, deceased, remains, skeleton, stiff*, mort |
| Antonyms: | being |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carcass/carcase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body; framework, base structure |
| Synonyms: | body, cadaver, corpse, framework, hulk, remains, shell, skeleton, stiff*, mort |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chaff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waste |
| Synonyms: | crust, debris, dregs, pod, refuse, remains, rubbish, shell, trash, husks, shard |
| Notes: | to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly |
| Main Entry: | corpse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, cadaver, carcass, carrion, deceased, departed, remains, stiff*, bones, mort |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | litter, waste |
| Synonyms: | detritus, dregs, dross, garbage, junk, offal, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage, bits, crap, fragments, pieces |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, neatness, purity |
| Main Entry: | odds and ends |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellaneous grouping |
| Synonyms: | assortment, debris, hodgepodge, jumble, litter, mélange, medley, melee, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, olio, patchwork, potpourri, rags, refuse, remainder, remains, rest, rubbish, rummage, scraps, bits, bits and pieces, bits and pieces, etcetera, knickknacks, leavings, leftovers, miscellaneous paraphernalia, notions, novelties, oddments, particles, remnants, sundries, sundry items, this and that |
| Main Entry: | refuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, dump, dust, hogwash*, junk, litter, muck, offal, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop*, swill, trash, waste, dunghill, leavings, rejectamenta, sweepings, waste matter |
| Antonyms: | assets, property, possessions |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something saved from the past |
| Synonyms: | antique, antiquity, curio, curiosity, evidence, fragment, heirloom, keepsake, memento, memorial, monument, remains, remembrance, reminder, remnant, residue, ruins, scrap, souvenir, survival, testimonial, token, trace, trophy, vestige, archaism, artifact, remembrancer |
| Main Entry: | remainder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | balance, residue |
| Synonyms: | butt, detritus, dregs, excess, fragment, garbage, hangover*, heel, junk, leftover, obverse, odds and ends*, refuse, relic, remains, remnant, rest, ruins, salvage, scrap, stump, surplus, trace, vestige, waste, wreck, wreckage, bottom of barrel, carry-over, leavings, oddment, overplus, residuum |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remnant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
| Synonyms: | balance, bit, dregs, dross, end, excess, fragment, hangover*, heel, lees, odds and ends*, part, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remains, residual, residue, rest, rump, scrap, shred, strip, surplus, survival, vestige, end piece, leavings, leftovers, orts, residuum |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | residue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
| Synonyms: | balance, debris, dregs, dross, excess, extra, garbage, heel, junk, remainder, remains, remnant, residual, rest, scraps, scum, sewage, silt, slag, surplus, trash, leavings, leftovers, orts, parings, residuum, scourings, shavings |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
| Main Entry: | ruins |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buildings that are dilapidated |
| Synonyms: | ashes, debris, destruction, detritus, foundation, remains, residue, rubble, vestiges, wreck, wreckage, relics, remnants, traces |
| Main Entry: | trace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence; small bit |
| Synonyms: | breath, crumb, dab, dash, drop, element, footprint, fragment, hint, indication, intimation, iota, jot, mark, memento, minimum, 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, token, touch, track, trail, tread, trifle, vestige, whiff, whisper, footmark, nib, tittle |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | vestige |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sign, indication |
| Synonyms: | evidence, glimmer, hint, memento, print, relic, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, scrap, shadow, suspicion, token, trace, track |
| Main Entry: | carcass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, cadaver, corpse, framework, hulk, remains, shell, skeleton, stiff, cold meat, loved one, mort |
| Main Entry: | dead body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mortal remains |
| Synonyms: | body, cadaver, carcass, clay, corpse, remains, stiff, dead man |
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