Dictionary Entry

residue

residue is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1noun
That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.
2noun
That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.
3noun
That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.
4noun
Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.
5noun
something left after other parts have been taken away
"there was no remainder"
"he threw away the rest"
Synonyms
balance remainder residual residuum rest
6noun
matter that remains after something has been removed

Synonyms

balance remainder residual residuum rest

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in residue:

ureides

Common word forms

residues

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