leavings

leavings
Synonyms and related words:
afterglow, afterimage, balance, bones, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, culm, deadwood, debris, detritus, dishwater, draff, dregs, dust, end, fag end, filings, fossil, garbage, gash, hogwash, holdover, husks, lees, leftovers, odds and ends, offal, offscourings, orts, parings, potsherds, rags, raspings, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, sawdust, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, shadow, shards, shavings, slack, slag, slop, slops, straw, stubble, stump, survival, sweepings, swill, tares, trace, vestige, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • leavings — [lēv′iŋz] pl.n. 〚/span> LEAVE1〛 things left over; leftovers, remnants, refuse, etc. * * * leav·ings (lēʹvĭngz) pl.n. Scraps or remains; residue: The turkey leavings were fed to the dog. * * * …   Universalium

  • Leavings — Leav ings, n. pl. 1. Things left; remnants; relics. [1913 Webster] 2. Refuse; offal. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • leavings — index surplus Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • leavings — remains, *remainder, residue, residuum, rest, balance, remnant Analogous words: fragments, pieces, portions (see singular nouns at PART): discardings or discards, scrappings or scraps, junkings or junk (see DISCARD vb) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • leavings — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ things that have been left as worthless …   English terms dictionary

  • leavings — [lēv′iŋz] pl.n. [< LEAVE1] things left over; leftovers, remnants, refuse, etc …   English World dictionary

  • leavings — noun a) A worthless and incidental residuum, as scraps from a meal or shavings or sawdust from wood. The leavings were thrown to the dogs. b) A worthless surfeit of material, as leftovers from a meal or scrap lumber …   Wiktionary

  • leavings — noun plural Date: 14th century remnants, residue …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • leavings — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pl. residue, leftovers, refuse, rubbish; remainder. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. remains, residue, garbage; see trash 1 , 3 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun What remains after a part has been used or… …   English dictionary for students

  • leavings — leav|ings [ˈli:vıŋz] n [plural] old fashioned things that are left because people do not want them …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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