LEFT OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does left over mean? 

• LEFT OVER (adjective)
  The adjective LEFT OVER has 1 sense:

1. not used up

  Familiarity information: LEFT OVER used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEFT OVER (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not used up

Synonyms:

left; left over; leftover; odd; remaining; unexpended

Context example:

unexpended provisions

Similar:

unexhausted (not used up completely)

 Context examples 

Comets are time capsules containing primitive material left over from the epoch when the sun and its planets formed.

(Final Descent Image from Rosetta Spacecraft, NASA)

Earth and the other planets in our Solar System formed from the material left over after the formation of the Sun.

(ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars, ESO)

This is consistent with several thermal evolution models of Ceres published prior to Dawn's arrival there, supporting the idea that Ceres' deeper interior contains liquid left over from its ancient ocean.

(Dawn Finds Possible Ancient Ocean Remnants at Ceres, NASA)

The Oort Cloud, well beyond the outer-most planets that surround our sun, is a spherical region of icy objects believed to be material left over from the formation of the solar system.

(Mars Spacecraft Reveal Comet Flyby Effects on Martian Atmosphere, NASA)

Comets are time capsules containing primitive material left over from the epoch when the sun and its planets formed.

(Rosetta closing in on comet, NASA)

Beyond the orbit of Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, which is made up of small bodies left over from the formation of the solar system.

(Mystery orbits in outermost reaches of solar system not caused by ‘Planet Nine’, University of Cambridge)

Pulsars are one of several types of stellar remnants that are left over when stars blow up in supernova explosions.

(Pulse of a Dead Star Powers Intense Gamma Rays, NASA)

They had barely time left over for the preparation of meals and the getting of firewood.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

These ALMA observations suggested that there could be little left over to feed a black hole.

(ESO Observations Reveal Black Holes' Breakfast at the Cosmic Dawn, ESO)

The team identified key factors that are critical to bloom formation: a large seed population in the winter left over from a previous bloom, nutrient input from West Africa upwelling in winter, and nutrient input in the spring or summer from the Amazon River.

(Satellites Find Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World, NASA)