What does ash mean?

Definitions for ash
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Princeton's WordNet

  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

Wiktionary

  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 Dictionary

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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.]

Wikidata

  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 Dictionary

  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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  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.

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

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

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Anagrams for ash »

  1. ahs

  2. has

  3. Hsa.

  4. sha

  5. sah

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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. Robbie Abell:

    The questions he was asking were not the normal questions a normal person would be asking. If something is suspicious, it’s our discretion, we are the gatekeeper. Federal investigators say that in the week before he murdered dozens people and wounded more than 50 others at the Pulse nighclub in Orlando, Mateen visited another gun shop, where he purchased a pistol and a.223 SIG Sauer semiautomatic rifle. Authorities are still trying to determine the motives behind the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The Justice Department released the full transcript of Mateen’s 911 call on the night of the massacre Monday. In his 50-second call to police he claimed responsibility for the terror attack and pledged allegiance to Islamic State’s leader. The summary shows that Mateen told negotiators he had a vehicle outside that has some bombs. Just to let you know. You people are gon na get it, and I'm gon na ignite it if they try to do anything stupid. Mateen claimed he had an explosive vest similar to the kind used by terrorists in France, referencing the November terror attack in Paris. In the next few days, you're going to see more of this type of action going on, Mateen said. He also reportedly told hostages that he would put suicide vests on them. No explosives were ever found on Mateen inside the club or in any vehicles outside. Mateen was armed with two guns during the rampage. Despite claims by the administration and law enforcement officials that ISIS did not direct Mateen to carry out the attack, Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Monday used the massacre as an example of why the terror group must be defeated.

  2. Mount Cleveland:

    Explosions from Mount Cleveland typically produce relatively small volcanic ash clouds that dissipate within hours ; however, more significant ash emissions are possible.

  3. Goolagong Cawley:

    Ash is a very worthy number one and winning at the French will have given her even more confidence, i am so proud that another Aboriginal player sits on top of the rankings in women's tennis, particularly a young lady who conveys such happiness in all she does.

  4. Russell Clark:

    It was like I have seen the Chernobyl mini-series and everything was just blanketed in ash, it was quite an overwhelming feeling, you know ? There was a helicopter on the island that had obviously been there at the time, with its rotor blades off it.

  5. Jeff Brooks:

    We base our ash basin closure costs on available information we have in hand, including costs for similar activities we have conducted in other aspects of our business.

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