Definition of 'remains'

See also: remain 

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 corpse stiff clay

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