Remnant

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: rem=nant

CIDE DICTIONARY

Remnant, a. [OF. remanant, p. pr. of remanoir, remaindre. See Remanent, Remain.].

 Remaining; yet left.  Fuller.  [1913 Webster]
"And quiet dedicate her remnant life
To the just duties of an humble wife."  [1913 Webster]

Remnant, n. [OF. remanant. See Remnant, a.].

•  That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

  "The remnant that are left of the captivity."  [1913 Webster]

  "The remnant of my tale is of a length
  To tire your patience."  [1913 Webster]
•  A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap.  [1913 Webster]

  "Some odd quirks and remnants of wit."  [1913 Webster]
•  An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Residue; rest; remains; remainder.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Remnant, n.
1 a small remaining quantity.
2 a piece of cloth etc. left when the greater part has been used or sold.
3 (foll. by of) a surviving trace (a remnant of empire).

Etymology

ME (earlier remenant) f. OF remenant f. remenoir REMAIN

THESAURUS

Remnant

afterglow, afterimage, balance, bit, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, debris, detritus, end, fag end, filings, fossil, fragment, heel, holdover, husks, leavings, leftover, leftovers, odds and ends, offscourings, orts, parings, part, piece, rags, refuse, relic, relics, remainder, remains, residual, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, sawdust, scourings, scrap, scraps, shadow, shavings, shred, straw, stubble, stump, survival, sweepings, trace, vestige, waste

ROGET THESAURUS

Remnant

Remainder

N remainder, residue, remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic, leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts, residuum, dregs, refuse, stubble, result, educt, fag-end, ruins, wreck, skeleton, stump, alluvium, surplus, overplus, excess, balance, complement, superplus, surplusage, superfluity, survival, survivance, remaining, left, left behind left over, residual, residuary, over, odd, unconsumed, sedimentary, surviving, net, exceeding, over and above, outlying, outstanding, cast off, superfluous.