Ash

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/{S/}}

Etymology 1
asshe:, from æsce:, from  (compare  jiske, Dutch as, German Asche,  aska:), from  (compare Hittite ḫašša 'potash, ashes', Ancient Greek áxa 'dry dirt', Armenian ačiwn 'ash', Ormuri yānak, Sanskrit āsa 'ashes, dust').

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 1)  The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
 * 2) Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
 * 3)  Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
 * The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet.
 * 1)  What remains after a catastrophe.

Derived terms

 * Ash Wednesday
 * ash blonde
 * ash heap
 * ash hole
 * ash pan
 * ash pit


 * ash stand
 * ashcan
 * ashen
 * ashtray
 * ashy
 * the Ashes

Verb

 * 1)  To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
 * 2) To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.
 * 3)  To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.

Etymology 2
asshe:, from æsc:, from  (compare  esk, Dutch es:, German Esche, Danish/Swedish ask), from  (compare Welsh onnen, Latin ornus:, Lithuanian uosis:, Russian ясень:, Albanian ah 'beech', Ancient Greek ὀξύα:, Old Armenian հացի:).

Noun

 * 1) A shade tree of the genus
 * 2) The wood of this tree.
 * 3) The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.

Synonyms

 * ash tree

Thesaurus
alluvion; alluvium; ashes; brand; calx; carbon; charcoal; cinder; cinders; clinker; clinkers; coal; coals; coke; coom; deposition; deposits; diluvium; draff; dregs; dross; ember; embers; feces; froth; fume; fumes; grounds; lava; lees; loess; moraine; offscum; precipitate; precipitation; reek; scoria; scum; sediment; settlings; silt; sinter; slag; smoke; smudge; smut; soot; sublimate; sullage