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Plural of leftover

regular plural

The plural of leftover is leftovers.

Forms of leftover

Singularleftover
Pluralleftovers
Countablecountable

Leftovers in a sentence

  • Not leftovers again!
  • Feeling a bit peckish, Sandra made herself some brunch with the leftovers in her fridge.From the entry brunch
  • I couldn't be bothered to cook another meal so I just warmed up yesterday's leftovers.From the entry warm up
  • They are refrigerating the leftovers because they plan to eat them for dinner tomorrow.From the entry refrigerating
  • For me, making a meal out of leftovers is as easy as falling off a log.From the entry easy as falling off a log

Meaning of leftover

  1. adjective Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.
  2. noun Something left behind; an excess or remainder.
  3. noun Remaining after a meal is complete or eaten for a later meal or snack.

Full definition of leftover

Questions about the plural of leftover

What is the plural of leftover?
The plural of leftover is leftovers.
Is leftover countable?
Leftover is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leftover (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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