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# leftovers

«leftovers» in Mova's school dictionary: **not eaten at a meal and is kept to eat later** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (leftovers — plural); adjective (leftover)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Leftovers are food that is not eaten at a meal and is kept to eat later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftovers/#m1)

2) Leftover means remaining after the rest has been used. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftovers/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life families keep leftovers in the fridge and eat them the next day; in food safety lessons leftovers must be cooled quickly, covered, kept cold and eaten within a day or two, and reheated until piping hot. In maths «leftover» is what remains, like a remainder in division. In lessons on waste, using leftovers saves food. Phrases: eat the leftovers, leftover pizza, leftover paint, leftover money.

### examples

- We had leftovers for dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftovers/#x1)
- Put the leftovers in the fridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftovers/#x2)
- Leftover turkey makes good sandwiches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftovers/#x3)
- Use the leftover paper for another project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftovers/#x4)
- Don't eat leftovers that smell bad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftovers/#x5)
- Cool leftovers before you put them in the fridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftovers/#x6)
- 17 sweets shared among 5: each gets 3, with 2 left over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftovers/#x7)

### note

The noun is almost always plural: «leftovers». The adjective is one word: «leftover rice». The verb phrase is two words: «there were 2 left over». In division word problems the leftover is the remainder: 17 ÷ 5 = 3 remainder 2.

### In the corpora

- [Bread fills ducks with little goodness and rotting leftovers dirty the pond; oats, peas, sweetcorn or duck food are better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/16/)
- [In many countries it is against the law to feed pigs kitchen leftovers, because meat scraps can spread serious pig diseases.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/138-peppa-pig-real-pigs/13/)
- [Fish should get only as much food as they eat in a couple of minutes, because leftovers rot and poison the water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/16/)
- [Before stacking plates, scrape the leftovers into the bin or the food caddy, a small bin just for food scraps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/111-chores-and-broken-things/7/)
- [That is why pets get their own food, not leftovers from your plate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «leftovers» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leftovers/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.