ash

IPA: ˈæʃ

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).

(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.

Examples of "ash" in Sentences

Comparisons: The white ash is apt to be confused with the _black ash_
The Watchdog says the word "ash borer" reminds him of his flea problem.
The air is full of swirling dust and soon there will be ash from the Spring Burning.
And this ash is the thing, which to my mind, connotes Korea today, not necessarily the hills.
So I told her how the ash would grow _anywhere_ -- even at the seaside, where all trees lean from the sea -- _except the ash_.
Many airports were shut and flights were grounded across the United Kingdom on Thursday because of ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland, airport authorities said.
The final result is, however, inevitable, and always the same, viz., the oxidation and escape of the organic mutter, and the concentration of the inorganic matter woven into its composition -- in it, but not of it -- forming what we call the ash of the plant.