leavingsEnglishOxford English Thesaurusleavings plural noun the leavings of their hasty meal: residue, remainder, remains, remnants, leftovers, scrapings, scraps, oddments, odds and ends, fragments, cast-offs, excess, surplus, rejects, junk, waste, dregs, refuse, litter, debris, sweepings, detritus, lees; British rubbish; rare orts.leavings Oxford Dictionary of English