REMAINS


Meaning of REMAINS in English

[plural] [noun]Remains are pieces or parts of something which continue to exist when most of it has been used, destroyed or taken away.The remains of lunch were still on the table.The remains of a 12th-century monastery can still be seen on the site.(formal) A person's remains are that person's dead body.Fifty years after he died, his remains were returned to his homeland.Human remains have been found in a shallow grave in the woods.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.