leftover
adjective, noun
Forms leftovers left over left-over
- adjective Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve. “Do you want some of the leftover supplies from the event?”
- noun Something left behind; an excess or remainder. “It's a leftover from yesterday, but it's still perfectly good.”
- noun (chiefly in the plural, usually of food) Remaining after a meal is complete or eaten for a later meal or snack. “Not leftovers again!”
Synonyms
oddment scraps remnant left over left odd remaining unexpended
Etymology
From left (“remaining, abandoned”) + over (“excess”).
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “leftover”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details