ashnoun
uk/æʃ/us/æʃ/ash noun (POWDER)
[ U ] the soft grey or black powder that is left after a substance, especially tobacco, coal, or wood, has burned:
cigarette ash
ashes [ plural ]
what is left of something after it has been destroyed by fire, especially what is left of a human body after it has been burned:
Her ashes were scattered at sea.
Allied bombing left Dresden in ashes in 1945.
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Products of fire
- cinder
- clinker
- ember
- fumes
- smoke
- smokeless
- smoky
- smut
- soot
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Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
ash noun (TREE)
[ C ] a forest tree that has a smooth, grey bark (= outer covering), small greenish flowers, and seeds shaped like wings
[ U ] the wood from an ash tree
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Deciduous trees
- acacia
- acer
- alder
- almond
- baobab
- beech
- chestnut
- hawthorn
- hazel
- hickory
- horse chestnut
- laburnum
- linden
- mimosa
- sakura
- silver birch
- spotted gum
- stringybark
- sweet chestnut
- teak
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Types of wood