residue

residue

noun

Definition of RESIDUE

1

the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed <the detective noticed an ashy residue in the sink and deduced that a piece of paper had been burned there>

Synonyms ashes, debris, detritus, flotsam, residue, rubble, ruins, wreck, wreckage

Related Words jetsam, leavings, remnant; chaff, deadwood, dross, dust, garbage, junk, litter, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, trash, waste

2

a remaining group or portion <the residue of our Thanksgiving feast consisted of a denuded turkey carcass and a couple rolls>

Synonyms balance, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest

Related Words fragment, scrap, vestige; butt, oddment, scraping(s), stub, stump; excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

Near Antonyms body, bulk, main, mass, most, weight