leavings

/ ˈliːvɪŋz /

plural noun

1. something remaining, such as food on a plate, residue, refuse, etc

Example Sentences

Basically, the California of multiple thousands and millions of years ago was a-slosh with glacial leavings, lakes and rivers.

From Los Angeles Times

Looking back on the experience, Adler sees her final recipes as the product of a laborious process but one that elevates what she poetically calls “the leavings of one’s earlier hungers.”

From Seattle Times

During a painstaking, two-year-long process, she laminated thin layers of wood, drawn from what she calls the “leavings” from the furniture workshop floor, into a floral motif that sits on the floor, 20 feet across.

From New York Times

Such leavings have been studied for more than 10 years in people to better understand diet and health.

From Science Magazine

Seattle has slid closer to becoming Everywhere Else, America: Sterile, empty, with corporatized leavings.

From Seattle Times