Ash

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  • noun. The grayish-white to black powdery residue left when something is burned.
  • noun. Pulverized particulate matter ejected by volcanic eruption.
  • noun. The mineral residue of incinerated organic matter, used as an additive in pet foods.
  • noun. Ruins.
  • noun. Bodily remains, especially after cremation or decay.
  • transitive verb. To reduce or convert to ash.
  • noun. Any of various chiefly deciduous trees of the genus Fraxinus, having opposite, pinnately compound leaves, clusters of small flowers, and one-seeded winged fruits.
  • noun. The strong, elastic wood of this tree, used for furniture, tool handles, and sporting goods such as baseball bats.
  • noun. The letter æ in Old English and some modern phonetic alphabets, representing the vowel sound of Modern English ash.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. What remains of a body that is burned; the incombustible residue of organic substances (animal or vegetable) remaining after combustion; in common usage, any incombustible residue of materials used as fuel: usually in the plural.
  • noun. Fine material thrown out of a volcano in eruption.
  • noun. plural The remains of the human body when burned; hence, a dead body or corpse; mortal remains.
  • noun. The involatile constituents of wine; the solid residue evaporated to dryness.
  • noun. In botany: The popular name of trees belonging to the genus Fraxinus (which see).
  • noun. The name (with some adjunct) of various trees or shrubs of other genera, generally from some resemblance in foliage or qualities of the wood to the common ash. (See below.) Also, in parts of England, the name of some herbaceous plants, chiefly umbelliferous, as the ground-ash, or ashweed, Ægopodium Podagraria and Angelica sylvestris, and the sweet ash, Anthriscus sylvestris.
  • noun. The wood of the ash-tree; hence, something made of ash, as the shaft of a lance or spear.
  • Pertaining to or like the ash; made of ash.
  • noun. In Australia, the name of various trees having a real or fancied resemblance to those of the genus Fraxinus, especially of trees of the genera Elæocarpus and Flindersia.
  • noun. Fraxinus lanceolata.
  • noun. A small Australian tree, Elæodendrum australe, whose close-grained pinkish wood is used for staves, oars, and shingles. Also called olive-wood.
  • noun. The green ash, Fraxinus lanceolata.
  • To strew or sprinkle with ashes.
  • To convert into ashes.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To strew or sprinkle with ashes.
  • noun. sing. of ashes.
  • noun. burnt powered; bone earth.
  • noun. See under Ashes.
  • noun. A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).
  • noun. are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.
  • noun. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
  • noun. The wood of this tree.
  • noun. The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.
  • noun. The solid remains of a fire.
  • noun. The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
  • noun. Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
  • noun. Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
  • noun. What remains after a catastrophe.
  • verb. To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
  • verb. To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.
  • verb. To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. convert into ashes
  • noun. strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
  • noun. the residue that remains when something is burned
  • noun. any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
  • Word Usage
    "Comparisons: The white ash is apt to be confused with the _black ash_"
    Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    alter  change  modify  wood  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Asch  Ashe  Bash  Cash  Flash  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bone  charcoal  clay  cloud  coal  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    ashes  
    verb-form
    ashed  ashes  ashing  ashs