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    Residue

    Definitions

    1 | noun | matter that remains after something has been removed 2 | noun | something left after other parts have been taken away

    Pronunciation

    r'ezuhd, oo (IPA: rˈɛzədˌu)

    Hyphenation

    res-i-due (7 letters | 3 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1362 (Late Middle ages) (663 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old French | Latin

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    residues

    Synonyms

    balance | remainder | residual | residuum | rest (total: 5)

    Narrower terms

    ash | cotton cake | cottonseed cake | crackling | dottle | greaves | leftover | remnant (total: 8)

    Broader terms

    matter | component | component part | constituent | part | portion (total: 6)

    Rhymes

    (none among common words)

    Lexically close words

    residua

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Translations

    Spanish: | residuo (chemistry) | bienes residuales (law) French: | résidu (chemistry) | reliquat (law) Portuguese: | resíduo (chemistry) | bens residuais (law) German: | Rückstand (chemistry) | restlicher Nachlass° (law) Japanese: | 余り (adjectival nouns) | 余剰 (common noun) | 残り (common noun) | 残余 (common noun) | 残基 (common noun) | 残存 (common noun) | 残渣 (common noun) | 残留 (common noun) | 濾取 (common noun) | 餘り (out-dated kana)

    Other notable uses

    residue.com | residue.net | residue.info | residue.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Ashes, e.g. | Cleanup target | Dregs | What's left (total: 4) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    8 (International English) | 8 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) 737-4383

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