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remains.

The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹɪˈmeɪnz/
  1. The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

    plural · plural-only
    They buried the remains of their longtime friend in the town cemetery.
    The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.
  2. Historical or archaeological relics.

    plural · plural-only
  3. The extant writings of a deceased person.

    plural · plural-only
    To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear abundant witness.
  4. All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.

    plural · plural-only
    He couldn't bring himself to eat the remains of the chicken dinner.
noun/ɹɪˈmeɪnz/
  1. plural of remain

    form-of · plural · rare
verb/ɹɪˈmeɪnz/
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of remain

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
    We'll go ahead, while she remains here.
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