[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/remnant/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / remnant # remnant noun (a remnant, remnants) «remnant» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A small part of something that is left after the rest has gone or been used: the remnants of the meal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remnant/#m1) 2. A piece of cloth left over from a roll, often sold cheaply. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remnant/#m2) 3. A small surviving part of something old: remnants of a Roman wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remnant/#m3) ### In the lessons In history and science lessons: remnants of old cities, remnants of a forest, remnants of a storm. In maths, a remnant is like a remainder: a 10 m roll of fabric cut into 3 m pieces leaves a 1 m remnant. In everyday life shops sell carpet and fabric remnants. Phrases: «the remnants of», «fabric remnant», «a remnant of the past». ### Examples - Only remnants of the castle wall are left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remnant/#x1) - We ate the remnants of the birthday cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remnant/#x2) - Mum made a cushion from a fabric remnant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remnant/#x3) - Cutting 4 m pieces from a 14 m roll leaves a 2 m remnant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remnant/#x4) - The remnants of the storm brought rain to the coast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remnant/#x5) - Small remnants of the old forest still grow by the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remnant/#x6) - But Vasilissa set the remnants of the hag's supper before her doll, burst into tears, and said:-- [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remnant/#x7) ### Note Countable: remnants (often plural). Similar: remains, leftovers, remainder (maths). In division by length, the remnant is the remainder. ## In Jewish tradition Tradition reads Joseph's words as God keeping a few of Jacob's family alive to become the people Israel. Isaiah's "a remnant shall return" is read as God's promise that a faithful part of Israel will come back to Him. The leftover meal-offering belongs to the priests. In the primary lessons: In history and science lessons: remnants of old cities, remnants of a forest, remnants of a storm. In maths, a remnant is like a remainder: a 10 m roll of fabric cut into 3 m pieces leaves a 1 m remnant. In everyday life shops sell carpet and fabric remnants. Phrases: «the remnants of», «fabric remnant», «a remnant of the past». ### Examples - And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city. (Torah NUM.24.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remnant/#x1) - And God sent me before you to give you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive for a great deliverance. (Torah GEN.45.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remnant/#x2) - And the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in any of these things, and he shall be forgiven; and the remnant shall be the priest's, as the meal-offering. (Torah LEV.5.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remnant/#x3) - A remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto God the Mighty. (Prophets ISA.10.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remnant/#x4) - And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. (Writings 1CH.4.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remnant/#x5) - And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them down. (Prophets ISA.10.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remnant/#x6) ### Note Countable: remnants (often plural). Similar: remains, leftovers, remainder (maths). In division by length, the remnant is the remainder. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «remnant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remnant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«remnant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/remnant.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «remnant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remnant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«remnant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/remnant.html) on Mova free.