remnant
[noun]
Synonyms: remainder, end, fragment, leftovers, remains, residue, rest, trace, vestige

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

rem‧nant /ˈremnənt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: remenant, present participle of remenoir 'to remain', from Latin remanere; ⇒ remain]

1. [usually plural] a small part of something that remains after the rest of it has been used, destroyed, or eaten
remnant of
The remnants of a meal stood on the table.

2. a small piece of cloth left from a larger piece and sold cheaply

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

remnant
noun
ADJ. small | last, surviving The museum is one of the last remnants of the 17th-century palace.
faint, tattered the tattered remnants of the flag (figurative) faint remnants of the city's glorious past
PREP. ~ from (figurative) Their outdated attitudes are a remnant from colonial days.
PHRASES a remnant from/of the past

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