remains
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- noun
- /rɪˈmeɪnz/
:
restos arqueológicos
- Archaeologists unearthed the remains of a prehistoric settlement during the excavation.
- archaeological remains
- skeletal remains
- human remains
And this wall is the only remains left of the old Temple.
- And this wall is the only remains left of the old Temple.
Examples
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It says here that they found the remains of a journal.
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Students excavate the remains of what could be slave quarters beneath the athletic fields at St. Mary's College.
Academic text (2017) -
Yesterday, I came here to look for the remains of your ship.
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This looks like the remains of some ancient culture.
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The remains of the Lost Legion.
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On occasion, they came upon the remains of bodies alongside the cart path.
Fiction book (1992) -
Earlier today a group of bushmen found the remains of a camp fire.
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But this past season, the excavators have found remains of even earlier structures.
Academic text (2008) -
In fact, archaeologists have found such remains from as long ago as Neolithic times.
Academic text (1995) -
The accurate estimation of sex from skeletal remains is an essential step in reconstructing the biological profile of an individual.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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4.2
An object made by people that shows a past culture
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5.3
A thing from the past kept because it is important or valuable
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4.7
Old objects made or used by people long ago that are dug up
Traces or small remains of something that existed in the past
Compounds
How Intact
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Remains comes from the Latin remanere, 'to stay behind', and this gives a simple image for archaeology: the remains found at a dig are what 'stayed' from the past and so tell us about old times.