remains meaning and definition

REMAINS noun

Definition of remains (noun)

1. any object that is left unused or still extant
   • "I threw out the remains of my dinner"
2. the dead body of a human being
   • "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
   • synonyms: cadaver, clay, corpse, stiff