Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something left over; a remainder.
- noun A piece of fabric remaining after the rest has been used or sold.
- noun A surviving trace or vestige.
- noun A small surviving group of people.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In geology, an outlier.
- Remaining; yet left.
- noun That which is left or remains; the remainder: the rest.
- noun Specifically, that which remains after the last cutting of a web of cloth, bolt of ribbon, or the like.
- noun Synonyms Residue, etc. See
remainder .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue.
- noun A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap.
- noun (Com.) An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.
- adjective rare Remaining; yet left.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The small
portion remaining of a larger thing or group. - noun The remaining
fabric at the end of thebolt . - noun An
unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- noun a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Amos, in which to make it fit the subject, (which after all it does not fit,) is the substitution of the words, the remnant of men, for the words, remnant of Edom, as it is in the original.
The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old George Bethune English 1807
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Now, the remnant is usually the group that ultimately gets “saved” after a period of time, and the definition of “saved” obviously depends on what flavor of religion is your choice.
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One is Isa.x. 22, 23, which speaks of the saving of a remnant, that is, but a remnant, which, though in the prophecy it seems to refer to the preservation of a remnant from the destruction and desolation that were coming upon them by Sennacherib and his army, yet is to be understood as looking further, and sufficiently proves that it is no strange thing for God to abandon to ruin a great many of the seed of
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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Today the only remnant is Lance Corporal - historically it was a group of 5 riders.
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And, kind of insulting to the reader to be told this remnant is still worth reading.
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Rather than readhere, the tip of a foreskin remnant adheres, leaving a gap between the remnant and the penis.
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And therefore it can be said that their comments were condoned, and that is why I called the remnant of the party that exists today the "despotic rump of maniacs."
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
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And therefore it can be said that their comments were condoned, and that is why I called the remnant of the party that exists today the "despotic rump of maniacs."
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
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He left the game one drive into the fourth quarter, and his mobility was hampered by a bruised left leg that was a remnant from the LSU game.
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The crab nebula is the remnant from a supernova explosion 1054.
bilby commented on the word remnant
Lees, molly?
August 15, 2008