Remains

Definitions

1. The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
   plural, plural-only
2. Historical or archaeological relics.
   plural, plural-only
3. The extant writings of a deceased person.
   plural, plural-only
4. All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“They buried the remains of their longtime friend in the town cemetery.”

“The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.”

“To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear⟳ abundant witness.”

“He couldn't bring⟳ himself to eat⟳ the remains of the chicken dinner.”

“Everything a living animal could do to destroy⟳ and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […] A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay⟳ like⟳ trampled snow⟳ over the remains of a decent blue suit⟳ with the lining ripped out which lay⟳ on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.”

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