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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;
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