REMNANT


Meaning of REMNANT in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ small

▪ last , surviving

The museum is one of the last ~s of the 17th-century palace.

▪ shattered , tattered

the tattered ~s of the flag

She still has a chance to scrape together the shattered ~s of her life and move on. ( figurative )

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ from ( figurative )

Their outdated attitudes are a ~ from colonial days.

PHRASES

▪ a ~ from the past , a ~ of the past

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