leftover

¹left·over

noun \ˈleft-ˌō-vər\

Definition of LEFTOVER

1

: something that remains unused or unconsumed; especially : leftover food served at a later meal —usually used in plural

2

: an anachronistic survival : vestige

Examples of LEFTOVER

1. Are we having leftovers again?
2. The law is a leftover from earlier times.

First Known Use of LEFTOVER

1891

Related to LEFTOVER

Synonyms

end, fag end, ¹scrap, oddment, remainder, remnant, stub

Related Words

leavings, odds and ends, pickings, refuse, remains, residual, residue, scraping(s), stump, vestige; balance, rest; chip, flake, fragment, piece, sliver, splinter; ribbon(s), shred, tatter

Near Antonyms

whole

Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel

Rhymes with LEFTOVER

allover, all over, bind over, blow over, boil over, bowl over, changeover, chew over, comb-over, come over, crossover, cross over, cutover, flashover, flyover, get over, give over, go over, hand over, hangover, Hannover, holdover, hold over, in clover, kick over, knock over, layover, lay over, lie over, look over, makeover, make over, mess over, moreover, once-over, Passover, pass over, pick over, popover, pullover, pull over, pushover, put over, red clover, Rickover, rollover, roll over, runover, run over, sea rover, slipover, spillover, stopover, strikeover, sweet clover, takeover, take over, talk over, throw over, tide over, turnover, turn over, voice-over, walkover, walk over, warmed-over, watch over, wingover, work over

²left·over

adjective

Definition of LEFTOVER

: not consumed or used <leftover food> <leftover space>

First Known Use of LEFTOVER

1897

Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel