ash
IPA: ˈæʃ
noun
- The solid remains of a fire.
- (chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
- Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
- (in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
- (archaic, in the plural) Mortal remains in general.
- (figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.
- A gray colour, like that of ash.
- (countable, uncountable) A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
- (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
- The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.
- (Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of oases.
- Oisc, also spelled Æsc or Ash, an Anglo-Saxon king of Kent
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near ash trees.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- A diminutive of the unisex given names Ashley or Ashleigh.
- A diminutive of the female given names Ashlie, Ashlee, Ashly, or Ashanti.
- A place name:
- A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2858).
- A small village in Ash-cum-Ridley parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6064).
- A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4720).
- A hamlet in Thornfalcon parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST2822).
- A town and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, near Aldershot (OS grid ref SU8950).
verb
- (chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
- (intransitive) To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.
- (transitive) To hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).
- (obsolete, mostly used in the passive) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
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Examples of "ash" in Sentences
- It contained the ashes of a Red Heifer.
- His ashes are in the plinth of the bust.
- He was the color of the ash on my cigarette.
- The ash proved to be an insuperable problem.
- They were not supposed to contort the ashes.
- Ash was found out and the deed was shredded.
- Burn the remains, and then scatter the ashes.
- As hundreds wail, the victim's ashes immersed.
- Climax came out of the ashes of The Outsiders.
- He returned to the boulder and left the ashes there.
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