ash

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ash]
- /æʃ/
- /æʃ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ash]
- /æʃ/

Definitions of ash word

uncountable noun ash Ash is the grey or black powdery substance that is left after something is burnt. You can also refer to this substance as ashes. 3
noun plural ash A dead person's ashes are their remains after their body has been cremated. 3
variable noun ash An ash is a tree that has smooth grey bark and loses its leaves in winter. 3
variable noun ash Ash is the wood from this tree. 3
noun ash the nonvolatile products and residue formed when matter is burnt 3
noun ash any of certain compounds formed by burning 3

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Origin of ash

First appearance:

before 950

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 950; Middle English a(i)sshe, Old English asce, æsce; cognate with Frisian esk, Dutch asch, Old Norse, Old High German aska (German Asche), Gothic azgo < Germanic *askōn- (with Goth unexplained); akin to Latin ārēre be dry (see arid), Tocharian ās- get dry, Sanskrit ā́sa- ashes, Hittite hassi on the hearth; < Indo-European *HaHs-

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Parts of speech for Ash

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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ash popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for ash

noun ash

residue — something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant.
cinders — Cinders are the black pieces that are left after something such as wood or coal has burned away.
slag — British Slang. an abusive woman.
powder — British Dialect. a sudden, frantic, or impulsive rush.
dust — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.

adjective ash

platinum — Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
granite — ice (def 4).
silvered — consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
slater — Samuel, 1768–1835, U.S. industrialist, born in England.
silvery — resembling silver; of a lustrous grayish-white color: the silvery moon.

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