residue | | |
n. (substance) | 1. residue | matter that remains after something has been removed. |
| ~ matter | that which has mass and occupies space.; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" |
| ~ crackling, greaves | the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered. |
| ~ ash | the residue that remains when something is burned. |
| ~ cotton cake, cottonseed cake | the solid matter remaining after oil has been pressed from cottonseeds. |
| ~ dottle | the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking. |
n. (linkdef) | 2. balance, remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest | 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" |
| ~ component part, part, portion, component, constituent | something determined in relation to something that includes it.; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" |
| ~ leftover, remnant | a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists. |
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