vestige
/ˈvɛstɪdʒ/
noun
- A small remaining part of something that used to exist but is mostly gone.
- Scientists found vestiges of an ancient forest buried under the ice.
- The old wall is the last vestige of the medieval castle that once stood here.
- After the fire, only a few vestiges of the family's belongings remained.
- A very small amount of something, often used in negative sentences to mean 'not even a little'.
- The garden had lost every vestige of its former beauty.
- There was not a vestige of truth in his story.
- She showed no vestige of fear as she walked onto the stage.