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Leftover   /lˈɛftˌoʊvər/   Listen
noun
leftover  n.  An unused part or portion; used especially of food remaining uneaten from a previous meal; as, to have leftovers for dinner.
Synonyms: remnant.


adjective
leftover  adj.  
1.
Not used up; remaining after use of part; as, unusable leftover auto parts.
Synonyms: left over(predicate), left(predicate), odd, remaining, unexpended.
2.
Specifically: Remaining from a previous meal; of food; as, leftover food served at a later meal.
Synonyms: cooked-over, warmed-over, reheated.





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"Leftover" Quotes from Famous Books



... emerged clearly to view in this Potomac study that standard treatment alone is no longer an answer in areas of concentrated or continuous population and industry, where the leftover wastes and the nutrients in the effluent from even well-run standard plants can often add up to a killing load ...
— The Nation's River - The Department of the Interior Official Report on the Potomac • United States Department of the Interior
... uppermost, Casey split the paper carefully down the side of the remaining half-stick, took out the contents in a tin plate and carried it outside where he buried it in the sand beneath a bush. Returning to the dugout he made a thick dough of leftover pancake batter and molded it into the dynamite wrapping with a fragment of harmless fuse protruding from the opened end. When the thing was dry, Casey thought it would look very deadly and might be useful. After several ...
— The Trail of the White Mule • B. M. Bower


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