leftover food

collocation in English

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leftover
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈleftˌəʊ.vər/us
/ˈlefˌt̬oʊ.vɚ/
A leftover part of something is the part that has not been used or eaten when the other parts ...
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food
noun[C or U]
uk
/fuːd/us
/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
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Salma's father criticizes her dirty and untidy ways, with unwashed dishes, vegetable peelings andleftoverfoodstrewn around the kitchen and flies crawling over the uncovered food.
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Mix calcium with wet bran or mashed potatoes and serve on a pan; this will keep anyleftoverfoodfrom rotting on the ground.
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The visit coincided with an exhibition that featured his reentry capsule, spacesuit andleftoverfoodfrom his 21 hour mission.
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After dinner, the plates andleftoverfoodare left as they are overnight.
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Villagers would rise, eat someleftoverfoodfrom the previous day's meal, and set out to work in the fields, fishing, gathering shellfish, etc.
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It seems that a bit ofleftoverfoodwas all he asked in recompense.
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Feedstocks can include biodegradable waste materials, such as waste paper, grass clippings,leftoverfood, sewage, and animal waste.
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Unlike some other catfish they are not good algae eaters, but are good at cleaning upleftoverfoodand detritus from the substrate.
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It avoids canned goods, disposable utensils and dishes, and donatesleftoverfoodto local charities.
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Leftoverfoodfrom the cafeteria will be composted on-site.
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He then filled the head withleftoverfoodfrom lunch and fake blood and fired live ammunition at it.
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Mold can then grow and theleftoverfoodis likely to go bad or to clog the feeder's mechanism.
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In towns and cities it often scavenges for food in garbage containers and congregates in the outdoors of restaurants and other eating establishments to feed onleftoverfoodand crumbs.
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Remoras eatleftoverfoodfrom the shark.
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Zhu photographed plates that held bits ofleftoverfood, and then painted those images on canvas with oil.
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This operation expanded into catering three or four weddings per week and the hiring of impoverished waiters and waitresses who were invited to take home theleftoverfood.
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Traditionally, if guests do not haveleftoverfoodin front of them at the end of a meal, it is to the dishonour of the host.
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Leftover foods can and are encouraged to be used in other meals; currently this is not widely undertaken due to a lack of confidence.
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