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# leftover

noun (leftovers, usually plural); adjective (leftover food)

«leftover» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (leftovers) Food that is not eaten at a meal and is kept for later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftover/#m1)
2. (adjective) Remaining or not used: «leftover paint», «leftover money». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftover/#m2)
3. Something that remains from an earlier time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftover/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and food lessons: keep leftovers in the fridge and eat them within a day or two; heat them until piping hot. Cutting food waste is part of caring for the planet. In maths, «leftover» is the remainder: «24 sweets shared among 5 children: each gets 4, and 4 are left over».

### Examples

- We had leftovers from Sunday lunch on Monday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftover/#x1)
- Put the leftover pizza in the fridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftover/#x2)
- Mum made soup from the leftover vegetables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftover/#x3)
- I used the leftover paint for my model. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftover/#x4)
- Share 17 cards among 3 friends; how many are left over? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftover/#x5)
- Don't eat leftovers that smell bad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftover/#x6)
- The leftover money went into the class fund. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftover/#x7)

### Note

As a noun usually plural: «leftovers». As an adjective one word: «leftover cake»; as a verb phrase two words: «There is some cake left over». In division, the leftover is the remainder (r): 17 ÷ 3 = 5 r 2.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «leftover» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftover/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«leftover» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/leftover.html) on Mova free.