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[ ash-pit ] / ˈæʃˌpɪt /
nouna receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes. Origin of ashpitFirst recorded in 1790–1800; ash1 + pit1 Words nearby ashpitAshley, ashman, Ashmolean Museum, ashore, shot in the arm, a, ashpit, ashplant, Ashqelon, ashram, shrinking violet, a, Shropshire Lad, A Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ashpitChildren—and sometimes old children—think that a little hag resides in the ashpit beside the fire. English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce There is a heavy hand-hewn stone sink and a copper caldron with its own firebox and ashpit. Seaport in Virginia|Gay Montague Moore His duty was to keep the furnaces always at the same heat, and the water in the ashpit always at the same level. Michael Faraday|J. H. Gladstone Draught is regulated in the ashpit by opening or closing the bottom door of the furnace and by the damper on the smoke shaft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7|Various
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