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ash

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[ ash ]

noun

  1. the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
  2. Also called volcanic ash. Geology. finely pulverized lava thrown out by a volcano in eruption.
  3. a light, silvery-gray color.
  4. ashes,
    1. deathlike grayness; extreme pallor suggestive of death.
    2. ruins, especially the residue of something destroyed; remains; vestiges:

      the ashes of their love;

      the ashes of the past.

    3. mortal remains, especially the physical or corporeal body as liable to decay.
    4. anything, as an act, gesture, speech, or feeling, that is symbolic of penance, regret, remorse, or the like.


ash

2

[ ash ]

noun

  1. any of various trees of the genus Fraxinus, of the olive family, especially F. excelsior, of Europe and Asia, or F. americana white ash, of North America, having opposite, pinnate leaves and purplish flowers in small clusters.
  2. the tough, straight-grained wood of any of these trees, valued as timber.
  3. Also ʲõ³Š. the symbol “Ê.”

ASH

1

/ Êʃ /

acronym for

  1. Action on Smoking and Health
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ash

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/ Êʃ /

noun

  1. the nonvolatile products and residue formed when matter is burnt
  2. any of certain compounds formed by burning See soda ash
  3. fine particles of lava thrown out by an erupting volcano
  4. a light silvery grey colour, often with a brownish tinge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ash

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/ Êʃ /

noun

  1. any oleaceous tree of the genus Fraxinus, esp F. excelsior of Europe and Asia, having compound leaves, clusters of small greenish flowers, and winged seeds
  2. the close-grained durable wood of any of these trees, used for tool handles, etc
  3. any of several trees resembling the ash, such as the mountain ash
  4. any of several Australian trees resembling the ash, esp of the eucalyptus genus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ash

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/ Êʃ /

noun

  1. the digraph Ê , as in Old English, representing a front vowel approximately like that of the a in Modern English hat. The character is also used to represent this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹²õ³ói·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ²¹²õ³ól±ð²õ²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ash1

First recorded before 950; Middle English a(i)sshe, Old English asce, ʲõ³Še; cognate with Frisian esk, Dutch asch, Old Norse, Old High German aska ( German Asche ), Gothic azgo, from unattested Germanic ²¹²õ°ìō²Ô- (with Gothic form unexplained); akin to Latin Äå°ùŧ°ù±ð “to be dry” ( arid ) and Äå°ù²¹ “a±ô³Ù²¹°ù,” Oscan ²¹²¹²õ²¹Ã­ “on the altar,” Tocharian Äå²õ- “to get dry,” Sanskrit Äǻ²õ²¹- “a²õ³ó±ð²õ,” Hittite hassi “on the hearth”; from Proto-Indo-European root as- “to burn, glow” (unattested)

Origin of ash2

First recorded before 900; Middle English asshe, Old English ʲõ³Š; cognate with Frisian esk, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch asch, Old Saxon, Old High German asc ( German Esche, with altered vowel from the adjective derivative eschen, Middle High German ±ð²õ³Š³óî²Ô ), Old Norse askr; akin to Latin ornus, Welsh onnen, Russian ²âá²õ±ðń, Polish jesion, Czech jasan, Lithuanian úŽÇ²õŸ±²õ, Armenian ³ó²¹³Ù²õÊ°Ÿ±; Albanian ah “beech,” from Proto-Indo-European ōs, os “ash (tree)” (unattested)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ash1

Old English ʲõ³Še; related to Old Norse, Old High German aska, Gothic ²¹³ú²µÅ, Latin aridus dry

Origin of ash2

Old English ʲõ³Š; related to Old Norse askr, Old Saxon, Old High German ask, Lithuanian uosis
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They didn’t want to live alongside caravans of trucks bringing garbage in and toxic ash out.

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“So when you come back, there will be something familiar, not just a pile of ash.”

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If Trump is successful, however, he would fundamentally reshape a global economic order that America had originally helped to construct from the ashes of World War 2.

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A man has been charged with 64 offences after a major investigation into a funeral directors in Hull in which police removed 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes.

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On 21 March, ash fell in the centre of Inverness, Highland - carried on the wind from a wildfire burning close to the city.

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