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Definition of 'ash'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ash
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.

2.  ash
finely pulverized lava thrown out by a volcano in eruption.

3.  ash
a light, silvery gray color.

4.  ash
ashes,

5.  ash
deathlike grayness; extreme pallor.

6.  ash
ruins, esp. the residue of something destroyed; remains; vestiges.

7.  ash
mortal remains, esp. after decay or cremation.

8.  ash
anything symbolic of penance, regret, remorse, or the like.

9. (n.) ash
any of various trees of the genus Fraxinus, of the olive family, esp. F. excelsior, of Europe and Asia, or F. americana, of North America, having opposite, pinnate leaves and purplish flowers in small clusters.

10.  ash
the tough, straight-grained wood of any of these trees.

11.  ash
the ligature or phonetic symbol “æ.”

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME asshe, OE æsc, c. OS, OHG asc, ON askr; akin to L ornus mountain ash)

Definition of 'ash'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ash
the residue that remains when something is burned

2. (noun) ash, ash tree
any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

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

4. (verb) ash
convert into ashes

Definition of 'ash'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) ash
the powder remaining after burning
smoke and ash

2. ash
a tree with gray bark
a street lined with ashes and oaks

Definition of 'ash'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) ash
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. (noun) ash
the tough, elastic wood of the ash tree

3. (noun) ash
sing. of Ashes

4. (verb) ash
to strew or sprinkle with ashes

Translation of 'ash'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the dust etc that remains after anything is burnt cigarette ash; the ashes of the bonfire.
Afrikaans: as	Arabic: رَماد	Bulgarian: пепел
Brazilian: cinza	Czech: popel	German: die Asche
Danish: aske	Greek: στάχτη	Spanish: ceniza
Estonian: tuhk	Farsi: خاکستر	Finnish: tuhka
French: cendre	Hebrew: אֵפֶר	Hindi: राख
Croatian: pepeo	Hungarian: hamu	Indonesian: abu
Icelandic: aska	Italian: cenere	Japanese: 灰
Korean: 재	Lithuanian: pelenai	Latvian: pelni
Malay: abu	Dutch: as	Norwegian: aske
Polish: popiół	Persian: خاکستر	Pashto: ایری
Portuguese: cinza	Romanian: cenuşă	Russian: пепел;зола
Slovak: popol	Slovenian: pepel	Serbian: pepeo
Swedish: aska	Thai: เถ้าถ่าน	Turkish: kül
Taiwanese: 灰	Ukrainian: попіл, зола	Urdu: راکھ
Vietnamese: tro	Chinese: 灰
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