# leavings

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.

## Etymology
Participial form of "leave".

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/leavings