Meaning
Remnant refers to a small part of something that is left after the rest has been used, removed, or destroyed. It can also describe leftover fabric, surviving traces of an ancient culture, or any remaining part.
As an adjective, it describes something that remains or is leftover.
Grammar and Usage
- Noun: countable/uncountable. Structure: "remnant of + noun" (e.g., a remnant of cloth, remnants of an old civilization).
- Adjective: used before a noun, meaning "remaining" or "leftover". Example: "remnant population."
Common Phrases
- Remnants of war – leftover destruction or items after war.
- Remnant fabric – leftover piece of cloth sold at a discount.
- Remnant of civilization – surviving trace of an ancient people.
- Small remnant – tiny piece that remains.
Collocations
- remnants of history
- fabric remnants
- cultural remnants
- remnant population
- lingering remnants
Examples
- Only a small remnant of the cake was left on the plate.
- The archaeologists studied the remnants of an ancient temple.
- She bought some fabric remnants at the store to make patchwork.
- The remnants of the storm could still be seen in the flooded streets.
- The old castle walls are the last remnants of the medieval era.
- The remnant population of the species lives in a remote forest.
- Smoke rose from the remnants of the fire.
- He kept a remnant of cloth as a memory of his childhood blanket.
Synonyms or Related
- leftover
- residue
- remainder
- trace
- fragment
- vestige