remnant
What lingers behind
A remnant is what's left over after the main part has been used, removed, or destroyed.
Fabric stores sell remnants—the end pieces of bolts too small for full projects.
The word often suggests something once larger or more significant: remnants of an ancient civilization, the last remnants of the army.
A remnant can be a surviving trace or fragment: Only remnants of the original forest remain.
Broken fragment of something brittle
sliver · snippet · morsel · crumb · chip · speck · particle · bit
Preserved ancient object
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
archaeology · artifact · antiquity · vestige · trace · evidence · foundation · wall
Threaded rod for nuts
- clothWoven or knit material
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- yardageLength in yards
- swatchMaterial sample piece
cutting · offcut · selvage · scrap · patchwork · quilting · bargain · discount
Small remaining pieces
- leavingsWhat's abandoned behind
- residueMatter left behind
- dregsResidue at bottom
- remainsContinues in place
surplus · excess · spare · discards · waste · rejects · trimmings · shavings
Remaining alive or intact
- outlastPersist longer than another
- endureSuffer through without yielding
- persistContinue firmly onward
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
holdover · relic · last · sole · lone · isolated · scattered · dwindling
Inherited cultural legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- echoReflected sound wave
memory · influence · imprint · mark · trace · survival · continuity · descendant
shard
Broken fragment of something brittle
splinter · sliver · snippet · morsel · crumb · chip · speck · particle · bit · section
relic
Preserved ancient object
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
ruins · archaeology · artifact · antiquity · vestige · trace · evidence · foundation · wall · pillar
bolt
Threaded rod for nuts
swatch · cutting · offcut · selvage · scrap · patchwork · quilting · bargain · discount · clearance
scraps
Small remaining pieces
remains · surplus · excess · spare · discards · waste · rejects · trimmings · shavings · orts
surviving
Remaining alive or intact
- outlastPersist longer than another
- endureSuffer through without yielding
- persistContinue firmly onward
lingering · holdover · relic · last · sole · lone · isolated · scattered · dwindling · vanishing
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- ancestralOf one's forebears
echo · memory · influence · imprint · mark · trace · survival · continuity · descendant · cultural
- Exile BooksDaniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Book of Daniel, Babylonian exile
- Singletonssingleton, single instance, bachelor, spinster, lone wolf
- fragmentsfragment, shard, splinter, shards, sliver
- junktrash, garbage, refuse, rubbish, waste
- piecespiece, bit, chunk, fragment, part
- Post-Apocalypsewasteland, fallout, survivors, apocalypse, collapse
- supernova remnantMaterial ejected by dying star