ash
The solid remains of a fireThe solid remains of a fire.
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Examples
138 sentencesPlease remove the ashes from the stove.
Clean the ashes out of the fireplace.
ruВычисти золу из камина. — Wezel
The ashes in the fireplace were still warm.
Meaning
12 senses(countable, uncountable)The solid remains of a fire.
The audience was more captivated by the growing ash at the end of his cigarette than by his words.
Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil.
Asche, Äsche
пе́пелpépel, зола́zolá
по́пілpópil, зола́zolá
(countable, uncountable)A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
The ash trees are dying off due to emerald ash borer.
The woods planted in ash will see a different mix of species.
any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
(uncountable)The wood of this tree.
Eschenholz
я́сеньjásenʹ
More meanings 9
(countable, uncountable)The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet.
(countable, uncountable)The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
(countable, uncountable)Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The aftermath or remains of a catastrophe.
(countable, uncountable)A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.
(countable, uncountable)The resultant remaining more stable patterns that emerge from the evolution of a soup or a similarly random pattern.
(countable, uncountable)Any tree of certain species of other genera.
(archaic, countable, in the plural, uncountable)Mortal remains in general.
Napoleon’s ashes are not yet extinguished, and we’re breathing in their sparks.
Origin
From Middle English aisshe, asche, ash, asshe, axe, eshe, esk, from Old English acse, asċeFrom Middle English aisshe, asche, ash, asshe, axe, eshe, esk, from Old English acse, asċe, axe, axse, æsċe, from Proto-West Germanic *askā, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (“ash”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to be dry; to burn; hearth; ashes”).
From Middle English aissh, asch, asche, ashe, assche, assh, asshe, esch, haish, from Old English æsċ, from Proto-West Germanic *ask, from Proto-Germanic *askaz (“ash”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s- (“ash”).
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Forms
plural: ashesSynonyms
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78 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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