remains

Meaning

1. The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
2. Historical or archaeological relics.
3. The extant writings of a deceased person.
4. All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.

dead body

dead person

ashes of deceased

defeated troops

waste material

waste paper

Frequency

Hyphenated as

re‧mains

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈmeɪnz/

New

remain

1. That which is left; relic; remainder.
2. That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
3. Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
4. (obsolete) State of remaining; stay.

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Thus , the oven remains " white ", or clean from ash .

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He
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remains Finland's longest-serving prime minister .

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