Definitions for ASH
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ashnoun

   the residue that remains when something is burned

2. ash, ash treenoun

   any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

3. ashverb

   strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats

4. ashverb

   convert into ashes

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ashnoun

   for someone who lived near ash trees.

2. Ashnoun

   transferred from the surname.

3. Ashnoun

   A diminutive of the female given names Ashley and Ashlee.

4. Etymology: asshe, from æsce, from askōn (compare jiske, Dutch as, German Asche, aska), from h₂éhₓōs (compare Hittite, Ancient Greek ἄζα, Albanian hi, Old Armenian աճիւն, Ormuri yānak, Sanskrit आस).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ask Ash As

   Etymology: do all come from the Saxon æsc , an ash tree. Edmund Gibson Camden.

2. Ashnoun

   fraxinus, Lat. This tree hath pennated leaves, which end in an odd lobe. The male flowers, which grow at a remote distance from the fruit, have no petals, but consist of many stamina. The ovary becomes a seed vessel, containing one seed at the bottom, shaped like a bird’s tongue. The species are,1. The common ash tree.2. The striped ash.3. The manna ash, &c. The first sort is a common timber tree in every part of England. The second is a variety of the first. The third sort is supposed to be the tree from whence the true Calabrian manna is taken. The timber is of excellent use to the wheelwright and cartwright. Philip Miller

   Etymology: æsc , Saxon.

   Let me twine
   Mine arms about that body, where against
   My grained ash an hundred times hath broke,
   And scar’d the moon with splinters. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   With which of old he charm’d the savage train,
   And call’d the mountain ashes to the plain. John Dryden, Silenus.

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1. ash

   Ash is the powdery residue left after the combustion of a substance such as wood, coal, or tobacco. It can also refer to the remnants of volcanic eruption which is composed of small particles of volcanic rock and glass. Furthermore, in a symbolic context, ash can represent death, repentance, or mourning.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ashnoun

   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 (F. Americana)

2. Ashnoun

   the tough, elastic wood of the ash tree

3. Ashnoun

   sing. of Ashes

4. Ashverb

   to strew or sprinkle with ashes

5. Etymology: [OE. asch, esh, AS. sc; akin to OHG. asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ash

   Ash are an alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland in 1992. The band has sold 8 million albums worldwide.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ash

   ash, n. a well-known timber tree, or its wood, which is white, tough, and hard, much used in carpentry and wheel-work: the ashen shaft of a spear, or a spear itself.—adj. Ash′en.—n. Ground′-ash, or Ash′-plant, an ash sapling.—Mountain ash, the rowan-tree; Quaking ash, the aspen. [A.S. æsc—Ger. esche, Ice. askr.]

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1. ash

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2. ASH

   What does ASH stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the ASH acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ASH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ash is ranked #1709 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Ash surname appeared 21,030 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 7 would have the surname Ash.
   
   81% or 17,053 total occurrences were White.
   13.4% or 2,818 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 486 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.1% or 450 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 114 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 107 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Residue
   • Tree

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ASH' in Nouns Frequency: #2510

Anagrams for ASH »

1. ahs

2. has

3. Hsa.

4. sha

5. sah

How to pronounce ASH?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say ASH in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ASH in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ASH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of ASH in a Sentence

1. Donna Lisenby:

   The water in the Cape Fear River next to Duke's Sutton plant had twice as much arsenic in it as the toxic gray coal ash slurry spilling straight out of the pipe into the Dan River in 2014.

2. Steven Wolf:

   Getting caught in an ash cloud, then the particles from the ash then cause a contact burn.

3. Michelle Wolf:

   I think she's very resourceful, like she burns facts and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smokey eye. Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's lies.

4. Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne:

   Australia has considered the request from US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in light of the substantial contributions we are already making to train Iraqi security forces and to the air campaign, the Government has advised Secretary Carter that our existing contributions will continue.

5. National Security Adviser Susan Rice:

   We will ... be looking forward, if the Israelis are interested and willing, they haven't said so yet, to discuss with them how we might further deepen and strengthen our security and intelligence cooperation, secretary of Defense Ash Carter will be going out to Israel this weekend, and to Saudi Arabia, and he will be continuing our practical cooperation with both Israel and our partners in the Gulf.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ASH
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ash
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ASH
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ASH
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ASH
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ASH
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html