MEANING
A part left after most of something has been used, destroyed, or removed.
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Words that belong together
- remnant of a wall
- last remnant
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A remnant of blue paint survived beneath the loose plaster.
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- remnant
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Singular remnant; plural remnants. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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