They found gunshot residue on the victim's hand.
Source: tatoeba (1923422)
Residue
//ˈɹɛzɪduː//
Synonyms for "residue" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
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6 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
has context
4 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
Translations
63 translations across 29 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qalıq noun (whatever remains)
Bulgarian
1 entries- остатък noun (whatever remains)
Catalan
2 entries- residu noun (whatever remains)
- residu noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 殘餘 /残余 noun (whatever remains)
- 留數 /留数 noun ((mathematics) form of complex number)
Esperanto
1 entries- reziduo noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
Finnish
4 entries- jäte noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
- jäämä noun (whatever remains)
- jäämä noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
- jäännös noun (whatever remains)
French
1 entries- résidu noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
Galician
2 entries- residuo noun (whatever remains)
- residuo noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
German
4 entries- Nachlass noun ((law) property or effects remaining in an estate after deduction of debts, charges and bequests)
- Residuum noun ((mathematics) form of complex number)
- Rückstand noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
- Überrest noun (whatever remains)
Greek
1 entries- υπόλοιπο noun (whatever remains)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kūkae noun (whatever remains)
Hindi
2 entries- अवशेष noun (whatever remains)
- शेष noun (whatever remains)
Hungarian
2 entries- maradék noun (whatever remains)
- üledék noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
Indonesian
2 entries- residu noun (whatever remains)
- residu noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
Irish
4 entries- dríodar noun (whatever remains)
- dríodar noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
- fuílleach noun (whatever remains)
- fuílleach noun ((law) property or effects remaining in an estate after deduction of debts, charges and bequests)
Italian
2 entries- residuo noun (whatever remains)
- residuo noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
Kapampangan
1 entries- layak noun (whatever remains)
Malay
3 entries- baki noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
- sisa noun (whatever remains)
- tahi noun (whatever remains)
Malayalam
4 entries- അവശിഷ്ടം noun (whatever remains)
- ചണ്ടി noun (whatever remains)
- ബാക്കി noun (whatever remains)
- മിച്ചം noun (whatever remains)
Māori
2 entries- toenga noun (whatever remains)
- toenga noun (whatever remains)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آرتق noun (whatever remains)
Polish
1 entries- osad noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
Portuguese
3 entries- resíduo noun (whatever remains)
- resíduo noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
- resíduo noun ((mathematics) form of complex number)
Russian
4 entries- вы́чет noun ((mathematics) form of complex number)
- оса́док noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
- оста́ток noun (whatever remains)
- отсто́й noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
Sicilian
2 entries- risidenza noun (whatever remains)
- risidenza noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
Spanish
2 entries- residuo noun (whatever remains)
- residuo noun ((chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration)
Swedish
1 entries- residy noun ((mathematics) form of complex number)
Tày
1 entries- bạ noun (whatever remains)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bã noun (whatever remains)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
There was gunshot residue on Tom's jacket.
Source: tatoeba (1923424)
The forensic technician found gunshot residue on the victim's hand.
Source: tatoeba (1923431)
Gunshot residue was found on Dan's hands.
Source: tatoeba (3933020)
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