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ash
  1. The solid remains of a fire.
  2. (chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
  3. Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
  4. (plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
  5. (figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.
  6. A gray colour, like that of ash.
  7. Synonyms:
ash
  1. (countable, uncountable) A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
  2. (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
  3. The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.
  4. Synonyms:
ashplant
  1. An ash sapling.
  2. (Ireland) A walking stick.
  3. A stick kept for administering corporal punishment, a cane.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “An ashplant was the name for a common implement among farmers and drovers of cattle in Ireland, made from a sapling of an ash tree.”
      “He knew that she would most likely have a book under her arm, and an ashplant in her hand.”
      “He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a grike.”
ashpit
  1. A pit for the disposal of ashes.
  2. (rail transport) a pit between the rails where a steam locomotive can drop its fire at the end of a day's work, before going "on shed".
  3. Examples:
    1. “All the waste fell into an ashpit which was filled with ashes from the housefires and the whole thing emptied and swilled down once a fortnight.”
      “His duty was to keep the furnaces always at the same heat, and the water in the ashpit always at the same level.”
      “Meanwhile the police court seems to me as necessary a part of our equipment as a sewage works or an ashpit.”
ashery
  1. A depository for ashes.
  2. A place where potash is made.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Founded in 1998 by entrepreneurs Elie Ashery and Ari Jacoby, Newsletters.”
ashing
  1. (analytical) An analytic procedure in which a sample is heated in a furnace to leave a residue of ash, either to determine the gross mineral content, or as a preparation for further analysis
  2. Examples:
    1. “Alison, 44, had started seeing ashing lights and grey spots in her vision in January 2014, but things had got worse.”
      “The Phoenix microwave muffle furnace with sulfated ashing option is a 1200C furnace workstation.”
      “New ashing out pits will be provided and a travelling crane will enable Garratt boilers to be removed for maintenance in the erecting shop.”
ashpan
  1. A container beneath a boiler's furnace, catching ash and clinker that falls through the firebars
  2. Examples:
    1. “Other popular sprinters in the race include York Glory, Ashpan Sam, Hallelujah and Seeking Magic.”
      “Kevin Ryan's Blaine, the Willie Haggas-trained favourite Muthmir and course and distance winner Ashpan Sam are others who could go close.”
      “A shout-out must also go to the game Ashpan Sam, who runs in the totepool Mobile Handicap.”
ashtray
  1. A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He hit the floor with a thump sending a beer can and an ashtray skitting away in different directions.”
      “Kienan stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and lit another, grimacing imperceptibly as he did.”
      “Other potters move on to vases, abstract sculptures, maybe even attempt a bust, but Ron just stays the course pumping out ashtray after ashtray.”
ashfall
  1. The precipitation of ash from a volcanic eruption
  2. Examples:
    1. “Sporadic explosions, ashfall, and an erupting lava flow are clear signs that the volcano is not yet finished.”
      “After lying inactive for more than 70 years, Popocatépetl erupted in December 1994, causing an ashfall over Puebla.”
      “There was some talk of ashfall, but there had been ashfall in Western Washington from the minor eruptions.”
ashdump
  1. A place where ashes are dumped.
ashenness
  1. The state or condition of being ashen.
ashwood
  1. The wood of the ash tree.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Looking down at the camp from a rise in the distance, the three of them immediately caught sight of Kefari and Ashwood.”
      Ashwood instinctively tossed the cigarette to the ground ignoring the sizzle as it landed in a puddle at his feet.”
      “Kier is buying all the assets of Ashwood, including nearly 400 plots of land in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire.”
ashling
  1. A small ash tree.
  2. Examples:
    1. Ashling, an Irish girl, told me all about her very different and somewhat psychedelic experience of Vilnius.”
      “Yes, Ashling is one of those people who eschew normal grammar rules and use only hyphens to get their message across.”
      Ashling Power McAnaney, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. McAnaney II of New York, is to be married this evening to Matthew Preston Kramer, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Kramer of Highlands Ranch, Colo.”
ashplants
ashtrays
  1. plural of ashtray
  2. Examples:
    1. “The collection of beer bottles, coffee cups and overflowing ashtrays was said to represent the chaos of an artist's studio.”
      “There were cigarette ashtrays on the sides of the two bins outside the Court House.”
      “The new range for Lindley includes Martini glasses, decanters and ashtrays.”
ashwoods
  1. plural of ashwood
ashfalls
  1. plural of ashfall
ashlings
  1. plural of ashling
ashdumps
  1. plural of ashdump
ashings
  1. plural of ashing
ashpans
  1. plural of ashpan
ashpits
  1. plural of ashpit
asheries
  1. plural of ashery
ashes
  1. plural of ash
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “After the devastating fire, all that was left of their beloved home were the ashes.”
      “A new and resplendent city was built on the ashes of the old.”
      “Associated with these intrusions were outpourings of andesitic and more acidic lavas and fine ashes.”
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