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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions" [syn: leftover, left over, left, odd, remaining, unexpended] n
1: a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists [syn: leftover, remnant]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1891 1. something that remains unused or unconsumed; especially leftover food served at a later meal — usually used in plural 2. an anachronistic survival ; vestige II. adjective Date: 1897 not consumed or used <leftover food> <leftover space>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also left-over(leftovers) 1. You can refer to food that has not been eaten after a meal as leftovers. Refrigerate any leftovers... N-PLURAL 2. You use leftover to describe an amount of something that remains after the rest of it has been used or eaten. Leftover chicken makes a wonderful salad. ADJ: ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

afterglow, afterimage, as a bonus, balance, bonus, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, debris, detritus, dividend, end, excess, extra, fag end, filings, for lagniappe, fossil, gratuity, holdover, husks, lagniappe, leavings, left, leftovers, margin, net, odd, odds and ends, offscourings, orts, outstanding, over, over and above, overage, overmeasure, overplus, overrun, overset, overstock, oversupply, parings, plus, pourboire, rags, refuse, relics, remainder, remaining, remains, remanent, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, rubble, ruins, rump, sawdust, scourings, scraps, shadow, shavings, something extra, spare, straw, stubble, stump, superfluity, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, surplusage, survival, surviving, sweepings, tip, to spare, trace, unconsumed, uneaten, unused, vestige, waste