leavings

A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.

Etymology

Participial form of "leave".

Synonyms

remainder

remnant

leftovers

remains

odds and ends

residue

dregs

remnants

scraps

refuse

pickings

surplus

rest

rubble

scrapings

scum

sediment

sorcery

abundance

waste

crumbs

debris

drains

dross

excess

fecula

grounds

heeltap

leftover

lot

plenty

remain

Translations

Reste

rommel

afval

sobras

Vererbungen

uitschot

restes

reliquum

Überschuß

Rest

superàvit

Überfluss

Überreste

Abgänge

Überrest