| remnant | | |
| n. (linkdef) | 1. leftover, remnant | a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists. |
| ~ remainder, residual, residuum, rest, residue, balance | something left after other parts have been taken away.; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. end, oddment, remainder, remnant | a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold. |
| ~ fag end | the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope. |
| ~ piece of cloth, piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric. |
| stub | | |
| n. (object) | 1. stub | a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost. |
| ~ plant part, plant structure | any part of a plant or fungus. |
| n. (object) | 2. nub, stub | a small piece.; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" |
| ~ nubbin | a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn). |
| ~ part, piece | a portion of a natural object.; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" |
| n. (communication) | 3. stub, ticket stub | a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt. |
| ~ receipt | an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made. |
| ~ rain check | a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain. |
| n. (communication) | 4. check stub, counterfoil, stub | the part of a check that is retained as a record. |
| ~ record | anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events.; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. butt, stub | the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking). |
| ~ cigar butt | small part of a cigar that is left after smoking. |
| ~ cigarette butt | small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking. |
| ~ part, portion | something less than the whole of a human artifact.; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" |
| ~ roach | the butt of a marijuana cigarette. |
| v. (contact) | 6. stub | pull up (weeds) by their roots. |
| ~ root out, deracinate, extirpate, uproot | pull up by or as if by the roots.; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" |
| v. (contact) | 7. stub | extinguish by crushing.; "stub out your cigarette now" |
| ~ blow out, extinguish, quench, snuff out | put out, as of fires, flames, or lights.; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles" |
| v. (change) | 8. stub | clear of weeds by uprooting them.; "stub a field" |
| ~ weed | clear of weeds.; "weed the garden" |
| v. (body) | 9. stub | strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object.; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken" |
| ~ collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike | hit against; come into sudden contact with.; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
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