I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
Etymology: from the past participle of leave over
: remaining as unused residue
put the Thermos bottles back in, and the leftover lobster and things — B.A.Williams
spring has been like leftover winter here — Janet Flanner
II. noun
( -s )
1. : an unused or unconsumed residue: as
a. : fragments of food remaining from a meal
made supper from the leftovers from dinner — J.B.Benefield
poetry in full retreat … all literature living on sufferance, feeding on leftovers — H.J.Muller
b. : a dish prepared from leftovers
a pretty appetizing morsel when incorporated with other ingredients for a leftover — Nancy Dixon
c. : surplus
bedding, cooking equipment and similar supplies presumably can be drawn from the army's leftovers — R.A.H.Thompson
2. : an anachronistic survival : vestige
the forelimbs of the heavy vertical reptiles seem … to have become useless leftovers — Weston LaBarre
an aristocratic leftover in modern government — Mollie Panter-Downes