vestige
/ˈvestɪdʒ/noun
उच्चारण वेस्टिज
अवशेष, निशान
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[C] formal
a small part of something that still exists after the rest of it has stopped existing; a small amount of something
अवशेष, निशान
- the last vestiges of colonial rule
- not a vestige of truth
- Only a few vestiges of the old fort remain today.
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- He showed not a vestige of fear.
- The ruins are the last vestige of a great civilisation.
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?Which word?
Keep the remaining-part words together: vestige, trace, remnant, relic (an object surviving from the past), residue, shred ('not a shred of evidence').
बचे भाग के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: vestige, trace, remnant, relic (अतीत से बची वस्तु, अवशेष), residue, shred ('not a shred of evidence')।
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General knowledge
Science GK: vestigial organs are body parts that no longer have a useful function, such as the human appendix, wisdom teeth, coccyx (tail bone) and the nictitating membrane of the eye.
विज्ञान GK में अवशेषी अंग (vestigial organs) शरीर के ऐसे भाग हैं जिनका अब कोई उपयोगी कार्य नहीं है, जैसे मानव appendix, अक्ल दाढ़, coccyx (पूँछ की हड्डी) और आँख की निमेषक झिल्ली।