remnants
Traces left behind
Remnants are what's left over after the main part is gone or used up.
A remnant of fabric is the end of a bolt, often sold at discount.
Remnants of a meal sit on plates.
The word suggests smallness and incompleteness: remnants of a once-great civilization, only remnants of the army survived.
In retail, remnants are discontinued or leftover stock.
Broken fragments of brittle material
- piecesParts of something divided
- scrapsSmall remaining pieces
- bitsSmall portions or pieces
- splintersThin sharp broken fragments
slivers · shreds · crumbs · tatters · chips · flakes · particles · morsels
Slight remaining amounts
- memoriesStored past experiences
- ghostsSpirits of the deceased
- legacyWhat's passed down
- vestigesRemaining traces of something
shadows · whispers · imprints · footprints · haunting · nostalgia · recollections · souvenirs
What's abandoned behind
chaff · detritus · waste · stubble · spillings · offcuts · ends · stubs
Of studying ancient remains
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- foundationsStructural bases below ground
walls · columns · temples · monuments · civilizations · ancient · excavation · antiquity
shards
Broken fragments of brittle material
splinters · slivers · shreds · crumbs · tatters · chips · flakes · particles · morsels · segments
traces
Slight remaining amounts
vestiges · shadows · whispers · imprints · footprints · haunting · nostalgia · recollections · souvenirs · aftermath
leavings
What's abandoned behind
husks · chaff · detritus · waste · stubble · spillings · offcuts · ends · stubs · vestiges
archaeological
Of studying ancient remains
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- rubbleBroken building fragments
foundations · walls · columns · temples · monuments · civilizations · ancient · excavation · antiquity · masonry
- remnants of the pastrelics, ruins, fossils, vestiges, artifacts
- stuffthings, items, objects, stuff, goods
- destructiondestruction, destroying, demolishing, devastation, ruination
- fabric marketsilk, cotton, wool, linen, denim
- historic placesghost town, old town, ancient city, colonial town, historic district
- junktrash, garbage, refuse, rubbish, waste
remnantsorigins
Points where things start
beginnings · sources · foundations · bases · precursors
- supernova remnantMaterial ejected by dying star