remnant
remnant
/ˈremnənt/
1 usually plural a part of something that is left after the other parts have been used, removed, destroyed, etc. 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.
Collocations
adjective
preposition
remnant from
phrases
a remnant from the past
a remnant of the past
2 a small piece of cloth that is left when the rest has been sold
Word Origin
Middle English: contraction of obsolete remenant from Old French remenant, from remenoir, remanoir ‘remain’.
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