noun
- things that remain after the rest has been used, taken, or consumed; leftovers or scraps
Usage: usually plural
Examples
- The dog eagerly ate the leavings from dinner.
- She swept up the leavings from the craft project.
- The birds pecked at the leavings in the garden.
- Only a few leavings remained on the plate.
- The leavings from the harvest were composted.
- He gathered the leavings of fabric for a quilt.