ALL meanings of ash
ash
A a - 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
- noun ash fine particles of lava thrown out by an erupting volcano 3
- noun ash a light silvery grey colour, often with a brownish tinge 3
- noun ash 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 3
- noun ash the close-grained durable wood of any of these trees, used for tool handles, etc 3
- noun ash any of several trees resembling the ash, such as the mountain ash 3
- noun ash any of several Australian trees resembling the ash, esp of the eucalyptus genus 3
- noun ash the digraph æ, 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 3
- noun acronym ash Action on Smoking and Health 3
- noun ash the white or grayish powder remaining after something has been thoroughly burned 3
- noun ash fine volcanic dust 3
- noun ash the silvery-gray color of wood ash; pallor 3
- noun ash any of a genus (Fraxinus) of timber and shade trees of the olive family, having odd-pinnate leaves, winged fruit, and tough, springy wood 3
- noun ash the wood 3
- noun ash a letter of the Old English alphabet (æ or Æ), used to represent the sound (a) 3
- noun ash 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. 1
- noun ash the tough, straight-grained wood of any of these trees, valued as timber. 1
- noun ash Also, æsc. the symbol “æ.”. 1
- noun ash The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance. 1
- noun ash from fire 1
- noun ash tree 1
- noun ash wood 1
- noun ash volcanic dust 1
- noun ash silver gray 1
- noun plural ash remains of cremated body 1
- noun plural ash ruins 1
- noun Definition of ash in Technology (tool) A Bourne Shell clone by Kenneth Almquist. It works pretty well. For running scripts, it is sometimes better and sometimes worse than Bash. Ash runs under 386BSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux. 1
- noun plural ash England-Australia cricket series 1
- noun ash The solid remains of a fire. 0
- noun ash (chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process. 0
- noun ash Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash. 0
- noun ash (in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation. 0
- noun ash (figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe. 0
- noun ash (Countable Noun) NU A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus. 0
- noun ash (Uncountable Noun) The wood of this tree. 0
- noun ash The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English. 0
- verb ash (chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing. 0
- verb ash To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette. 0
- verb ash (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (mostly used in the past tense) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes. 0