English noun: residue | |||
1. | residue (substance) matter that remains after something has been removed | ||
Broader (hypernym) | matter | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ash, cotton cake, cottonseed cake, crackling, dottle, greaves | ||
2. | residue something left after other parts have been taken away | ||
Samples | There was no remainder. He threw away the rest. He took what he wanted and I got the balance. | ||
Synonyms | balance, remainder, residual, residuum, rest | ||
Broader (hypernym) | component, component part, constituent, part, portion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | leftover, remnant | ||