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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ash1 /æʃ/USA pronunciation n. - (pieces of) the gray or black powdery matter that remains after burning: [uncountable]a volcano belching ash.[countable]cigarette ashes.
- Geology finely pulverized lava thrown out by a volcano in eruption:[uncountable]The city was covered with ash from the eruption.
- [uncountable] a light, silvery gray color.
- ashes, [plural]
- ruins, esp. the remains of something destroyed or lost forever:left only with the ashes of former triumphs.
- the remains of a disintegrated or cremated dead body.
ash2 /æʃ/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] any of various trees of the olive family.
- Furniture[uncountable] the tough wood of any of these trees.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ash1 (ash),USA pronunciation n. - the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- Also called volcanic ash. [Geol.]finely pulverized lava thrown out by a volcano in eruption.
- a light, silvery-gray color.
- ashes:
- deathlike grayness;
extreme pallor suggestive of death. - ruins, esp. the residue of something destroyed;
remains;
vestiges:the ashes of their love; the ashes of the past. - mortal remains, esp. the physical or corporeal body as liable to decay.
- anything, as an act, gesture, speech, or feeling, that is symbolic of penance, regret, remorse, or the like.
- Indo-European *HaHs-
- Gmc *askōn- (with Gothic unexplained); akin to Latin ārēre be dry (see arid), Tocharian ās- get dry, Sanskrit á̄sa- ashes, Hittite hassi on the hearth;
- bef. 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
- Plant Biologyany of various trees of the genus Fraxinus, of the olive family, esp. F. excelsior, of Europe and Asia, or F. americana (white ash,) of North America, having opposite, pinnate leaves and purplish flowers in small clusters.
- Furniturethe tough, straight-grained wood of any of these trees, valued as timber.
- LinguisticsAlso, æsc. the symbol "æ.''
- Indo-European * Hoes-
- bef. 900; Middle English asshe, Old English æsc; cognate with Frisian esk, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch asch, Old Saxon, Old High German asc (German Esche, with altered vowel from the adjective, adjectival derivative eschen, Middle High German eschîn), Old Norse askr; akin to Latin ornus, Welsh onnen, Russian yásen’, Czech jasan, Lithuanian úosis, Armenian hatshi; Albanian ah beech;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ash /æʃ/ n - the nonvolatile products and residue formed when matter is burnt
- fine particles of lava thrown out by an erupting volcano
- a light silvery grey colour, often with a brownish tinge
See also ashesEtymology: Old English æsce; related to Old Norse, Old High German aska, Gothic azgō, Latin aridus dry ash /æʃ/ n - 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
- the close-grained durable wood of any of these trees, used for tool handles, etc
- any of several trees resembling the ash, such as the mountain ash
- Austral any of several Australian trees resembling the ash, esp of the eucalyptus genus
Etymology: Old English æsc; related to Old Norse askr, Old Saxon, Old High German ask, Lithuanian uosis ash /æʃ/ n - 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
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ASH /æʃ/ n acronym for (in Britain) - Action on Smoking and Health
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