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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
leftover
▪ I. left·over [leftover leftovers] BrE [ˈleftəʊvə(r)] NAmE [ˈleftoʊvər] noun
1. usually plural food that has not been eaten at the end of a meal
2. an object, a custom or a way of behaving that remains from an earlier time
Syn: ↑relic
•He's a leftover from the hippies in the 1960s.
Example Bank:
•He's a leftover from the 1960s.
•You've always got good ideas for using up leftovers.
Example Bank:
•leftover paper/paint/wool
•leftover vegetables/porridge
▪ II. left·over adjective only before noun
Syn: ↑surplus
•Use any leftover meat to make a curry.
Main entry: ↑leftoverderived
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