leftover








noun

  1. Usually leftovers. food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal, especially when saved for later use.
  2. anything left or remaining from a larger amount; remainder.

adjective

  1. being left or remaining, as an unused portion or amount: leftover meatloaf.

noun

  1. (often plural) an unused portion or remnant, as of material or of cooked food

adjective

  1. left as an unused portion or remnant

adj.also left-over, “remaining, not used up,” 1890, from left + over. The noun meaning “something left over” is from 1891; leftovers “excess food after a meal” (especially if re-served later) is from 1878; in this sense Old English had metelaf.

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