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residue
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of RESIDUE
1
the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed <the detective noticed an ashy residue in the sink and deduced that a piece of paper had been burned there>
2
a remaining group or portion <the residue of our Thanksgiving feast consisted of a denuded turkey carcass and a couple rolls>
Related Words fragment, scrap, vestige; butt, oddment, scraping(s), stub, stump; excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus
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