Ashes Meaning and Definition


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Ashes meaning

Word: Ashes

How to pronounce: ˈæʃɪz

How to pronounce: æʃ

Noun

Definitions:

1. The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.

Example sentences: "Cigarette ash"

2. A trophy for the winner of a series of Test matches in a cricket season between England and Australia.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A tree with compound leaves, winged fruits, and hard pale timber, widely distributed throughout north temperate regions.The hard pale wood of the ash tree.Used in names of trees unrelated to the ash but with similar leaves, e.g. mountain ash.

Example sentences: "The woods most often used for balsamic include chestnut, ash tree, cherry, mulberry, juniper and oak."

2. An Old English runic letter, ᚫ, a vowel intermediate between a and e. It is represented in the Roman alphabet by the symbol æ or Æ.


Synonyms:

ash

dust

remains

bones

wreckage

ruins

flotsam

debris


Synonyms:

ashes

cinder

ashwood

ash level

cindery

slag

wild ash

dust

ashen

ash pan

ash tray

ashpan

ashpit


Derivations:

ashy

ashed

ashen

ashing


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Ashes in Other Languages...

Spanish: Ceniza

German: Asche

French: Cendres

Italian: Cenere

Turkish: Küller


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