Residuum (Noun)
Meaning
Something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance".
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- The company went bankrupt, leaving behind a residuum of debts and unpaid wages that would take years to settle.
- After removing all the recyclable materials, the city's landfill is now composed mainly of a residuum of unrecyclable waste.
- The residuum of the failed project was eventually sold off at a discount to a smaller company willing to take on the risk.
- Decades of glaciation left behind a residuum of fine sediment that would eventually form a rich fertile soil.
- Geologists found a residuum of minerals embedded deep within the rock formations, which proved valuable in mapping the region's geological history.