noun
- Usually leftovers. food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal, especially when saved for later use.
- anything left or remaining from a larger amount; remainder.
adjective
- being left or remaining, as an unused portion or amount: leftover meatloaf.
noun
- (often plural) an unused portion or remnant, as of material or of cooked food
adjective
- 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.