residue
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈrɛzɪˌdu/
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residuo
- The bottom of the container had a sticky residue that needed to be scraped off.
- pesticide residues
- residues in food
- crop residue
You've never seen like a pink residue on a shower curtain.
- You've never seen like a pink residue on a shower curtain.
- And the quote is this luck is a residue of design.
- So I'm feeling good now I want to finish by taking any residue off with my toner.
- They they remove a powder residue, which looks much better, but they don't set.
- Is there anger, Anger, big thing, some residue of anger from what happened earlier?
- And so being is, you might say, not just the residue that's left after we carry out analysis.
- Use the cleanser to clean off oil, dust and makeup residue.
Examples
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The wind had scoured all residue of summer haze from the sky.
Fiction book (1998) -
The more he touched, the less of the residue was left on his hands.
Fiction book (1990) -
Creates no smoke, leaves no residue.
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So there is absolutely no residue whatsoever and no tolerance.
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Powder residue on her right hand backs up that theory.
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Underneath can be seen traces of the same white residue from the other fires.
Fiction book (1991) -
His hands tested negative for gunshot residue.
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There was apparently an aqueous residue covering part of the chamber floor.
Fiction book (1997) -
There are trace elements in the residue that don't exist in our database.
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It's nice because there's no oily residue at all.
Synonyms
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1.0
The part that is left after the others are taken
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2.1
A small piece left over or thrown away
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4.2
A small piece, often cloth, left when the rest is used or thrown away
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3.6
Things left after the rest is used, eaten, or taken away
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2.7
The part left after the other parts are used or removed
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6.0
A part left after the main part is used
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9.9
A part that remains after the main parts are removed or used
Small pieces of food and other things left after people eat or use them
A small piece of cloth left after making larger items
Compounds
A sticky, greasy film that stays on a surface after something melts or someone puts it on
How Useful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word residue comes from Latin parts re- ('back') and sedēre ('to sit'), the same root as reside ('to stay'). So a residue is the small amount that 'remains' after the main part is removed.