remnant

remnant Definition

rem·nant (rem′nənt)

noun

what is left over; remainder; residue
a small remaining part, quantity, or number of persons or things
a trace; last remaining indication of what has been a remnant of his former pride
a piece of cloth, ribbon, etc. left over or unsold, as at the end of a bolt

Etymology: ME, contr. < remenant < OFr, orig. prp. of remaindre: see remain

adjective

remaining

remnant Synonyms

A remaining part
remains, residue, relic, trace; see remainder.
The last of a bolt of goods
strip, scrap, piece, part, portion, surplus, shred, endpiece. See syn. study at remainder.remainder.

remnant Usage Examples

Preposition: of

feudalism: This is a struggle not against the foundations of capitalism but for purging all the remnants of feudalism.
supernova: The crab nebula is the remnant of a supernova that was observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054.
civilization: Nothing can be further from the desire or intention of Leninism than the " preservation of the remnants of civilization.
woodland: Two Mile Coppice contains the last remnant of ancient woodland in the Weymouth area.
forest: In mid-afternoon, we descended to the lowlands, to bird some of the last remnant of undisturbed lowland forest in Taiwan.
empire: The Inheritance marks the last remnants of a financial empire which dwindled away during her final years.

Converse of object

tatter: At the one end of this small stage lay what seemed the tattered remnants of a man.
survive: The two surviving remnants of the trunk are enclosed by a stone wall built in 1795 to deter souvenir hunters.
scatter: Fragments Shattered shards Scattered remnants Cut me drew my blood.

Adjective modifier

shattered: With the shattered remnants of the regiment, now broken up into groups, the wild charge continued.
explosive: We need to deal with other explosive remnants of war.
scattered: Instead, the elect were a people in covenant with God, a scattered remnant of the faithful, separated from the sinners.
faithful: The churches will continue to empty, until there is just the faithful remnant, and most of them will be over forty-five!
stellar: Planetary nebulae, supernovae, stellar remnants - white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes.
pathetic: Those with living livestock hurried about tending the pathetic remnants of their herds with cloth over their noses to keep out the smell.

Modifies a noun

limewash: Fabrics: ' A ' consists of medium to large shaley slate, some coursing; sparse remnant limewash.
patch: Scanning from a nearby ridge shows other remnant patches of rainforest in the steep terrain.
grassland: However all these sites contain small pockets of remnant chalk grassland.

Noun used with modifier

supernova: The Crab Nebula is an example of a supernova remnant.
proton: This is achieved by combining the calorimetry information with the forward muon system and proton remnant taggers.

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