ash has definitions from the field of botany
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[ noun ] the residue that remains when something is burned

Used in print

(Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)

And , therefore , being in disgrace , they would not be cremated and their ashes flung to the winds in public ceremony .

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

Sameness lined the streets with two story houses the color of ash .

Related terms

residue bone_ash fly_ash

2
[ noun ] (botany) any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

Synonyms

ash_tree

Used in print

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

Maple and ash , beech and elm , one_hundred to win on Three in the fourth , fifty to win on Six in the third , one_hundred to win on Two in the eighth .

3
[ verb ] convert into ashes

Related terms

change

4
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1436
5
[ noun ] strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats

Related terms

wood

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