LEFTOVER


Meaning of LEFTOVER in English

/ ˈleftəʊvə(r); NAmE -oʊv-/ noun

1.

[ usually pl. ] food that has not been eaten at the end of a meal

2.

an object, a custom or a way of behaving that remains from an earlier time

SYN relic :

He's a leftover from the hippies in the 1960s.

►  left·over adjective [ only before noun ]

SYN surplus :

Use any leftover meat to make a curry.

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