| ash | |
| 1. n. The solid remains of a fire. | |
| The audience was more captivated by the growing ash at the end of his cigarette than by his words. | |
| Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil. | |
| Ashes from the fire floated over the street. | |
| Ash from the fire floated over the street. | |
| 2. n. (chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process. | |
| 3. n. Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash. | |
| 4. n. (in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation. | |
| The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet. | |
| 5. n. (figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe. | |
| 6. n. A gray colour, like that of ash. | |
| (color panel, B2BEB5) | |
| 7. v. (chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing. | |
| 8. v. To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette. | |
| 9. v. (obsolete, mostly used in the past tense) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes. | |
| 10. n. A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus. | |
| The ash trees are dying off due to emerald ash borer. | |
| The woods planted in ash will see a different mix of species. | |
| 11. n. The wood of this tree. | |
| 12. n. The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English. | |
