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leftover

leftover adjective: remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.

Adjective

leftover (not comparable)

  1. Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.
    • Do you want some of the leftover supplies from the event?
    • I have some leftover spaghetti in the fridge, so I don't plan to cook tonight.

Noun

leftover (plural leftovers)

  1. Something left behind; an excess or remainder.
    • It's a leftover from yesterday, but it's still perfectly good.
    Synonyms:
    oddment
  2. (in plural, usually) Remaining after a meal is complete or eaten for a later meal or snack.
    • Not leftovers again!
    • The entire wheel of cheese is a leftover from the party.
    Synonyms:
    scraps

leftover meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam

leftover in Hindi

remaining, left behind
अवशेष avśeṣ
something left behind
अवशेष avśeṣ

leftover in Marathi

leftover or considered ritually unclean after having been eaten from or touched by another person's mouth
उष्टे uṣṭe

leftover in Urdu

leftover
ماندہ mānda

leftover in Malayalam

residue, survivor, vestige
അവശേഷം, ബാക്കിയിരിപ്പ്, ശേഷിപ്പ്, പിട്ട്, അവശിഷ്ടം, ശേഷിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നവൻ
uneaten food, leavings, remainder
ഉച്ഛിഷ്ടം, ഉച്ഛേഷം, ഉച്ഛേഷണം, ഫേല, ഫേലം, ഫേലി
remaining, left, uneaten
ഉച്ഛിഷ്ട, ഉപഭുക്ത, എച്ചിലായ, എച്ചിലാക്കിയ, അവശേഷ, ശേഷ
More languagesFewer languages
leftover in Kannada
ಉಳಿದ, ಮಿಕ್ಕ, ಶೇಷ
leftover in Myanmar
လက်ကျန် lakkyan

Examples of leftover in a sentence

  • Feeling a bit peckish, Sandra made herself some brunch with the leftovers in her fridge.
  • I couldn't be bothered to cook another meal so I just warmed up yesterday's leftovers.
  • Here are some leftover beans and meat; we can make a good potluck stew from them.

All 40 example sentences with leftover

Synonyms of leftover

Forms of leftover

Adjective
alternative formleft over
alternative formleft-over
Noun
pluralleftovers

Plural of leftover: leftovers

Origin of leftover

From left (“remaining, abandoned”) + over (“excess”).

Questions about leftover

What does leftover mean?
Leftover means remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.
What is leftover in Hindi?
Leftover in Hindi is अवशेष (avśeṣ). See Leftover meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is leftover?
Leftover can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near leftover in the dictionary

  1. leftnecks
  2. leftness
  3. leftoid
  4. leftoids
  5. leftosphere
  6. leftover
  7. leftovers
  8. Leftpondia
  9. Leftpondian
  10. Leftpondians
  11. Leftridge

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: leftover (page history and authors); उष्टे (Marathi) (page history and authors); ماندہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); leftover (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); leftover (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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