leftover

Everyday

1. (leftovers) Food that is not eaten at a meal and is kept for later. tree →
2. (adjective) Remaining or not used: «leftover paint», «leftover money». tree →
3. Something that remains from an earlier time. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and food lessons: keep leftovers in the fridge and eat them within a day or two; heat them until piping hot. Cutting food waste is part of caring for the planet. In maths, «leftover» is the remainder: «24 sweets shared among 5 children: each gets 4, and 4 are left over».

Examples

• We had leftovers from Sunday lunch on Monday. tree →
• Put the leftover pizza in the fridge. tree →
• Mum made soup from the leftover vegetables. tree →
• I used the leftover paint for my model. tree →
• Share 17 cards among 3 friends; how many are left over? tree →
• Don't eat leftovers that smell bad. tree →
• The leftover money went into the class fund. tree →

Note

As a noun usually plural: «leftovers». As an adjective one word: «leftover cake»; as a verb phrase two words: «There is some cake left over». In division, the leftover is the remainder (r): 17 ÷ 3 = 5 r 2.