ash
7 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
ashes
plural
ashes
Britannica Dictionary definition of ASH
1
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the soft gray powder that remains after something (such as a cigarette or wood) has been completely burned and destroyed by fire
[noncount]
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The town lay under a thick layer/blanket of ash.
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clouds of hot volcanic ash
[count]
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The village was covered in ashes.
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cigarette ashes
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ashes
[plural]
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the burned parts that remain when something is destroyed
— often used figuratively
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The city was reduced to ashes by the fire. = The city was burned to ashes.
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Their happiness turned to ashes. [=their happiness was destroyed]
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The nation slowly rose from the ashes of war. = It slowly rose out of the ashes and began to rebuild itself.
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We sifted through the ashes of our ruined lives.
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ashes
[plural]
:
the remains of a dead human body after it has been burned or cremated
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the ashes of the dead
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She kept her dead mother's ashes in a jar above the fireplace.
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He asked to have his ashes scattered along the river.
sackcloth and ashes
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compare 2ash
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ash
/ˈæʃ/
noun
plural
ashes
2
ash
/ˈæʃ/
noun
plural
ashes
Britannica Dictionary definition of ASH
1
[count]
:
a type of tree that grows in northern parts of the world and that has thin gray bark and hard wood
2
[noncount]
:
the hard wood of an ash tree
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baseball bats made of ash
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compare 1ash
