ASH

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ash¹ /ash/

1. (often in pl) the dust or remains of anything burnt
2. (also volcanic ash or ashes) volcanic dust, or a rock composed of it
3. A light silver-grey colour
4. (in pl) the remains of a human body when burnt
5. (in pl) a dead body (figurative; poetic)

ashˈen adjective

1. Resembling ash
2. Of the colour of ash
3. (of the face) very pale

ashˈery noun

A place where potash or pearl ash is made

ashˈy adjective

ashˈ-bin, -bucket or -can noun

A receptacle for ashes and other household refuse

ash-blondˈ or (fem) ash-blondeˈ adjective

1. (of hair) of a pale, silvery blond colour
2. Having hair of this colour (also noun)

ashˈen-grey adjective

Of the colour of wood ashes

ashˈ-heap noun

A heap of ashes and household refuse

ashˈ-hole or -pit noun

A hollow, esp under a fireplace, to receive ashes

ashˈ-leach noun

A tub in which alkaline salts are dissolved from wood ashes

ashˈ-pan noun

A tray fitted underneath a grate to receive the ashes

ashˈtray noun

A small tray or saucer for tobacco ash (also ashˈ-stand)

Ash Wednesday noun (Christianity)

The first day of Lent, named from the custom of sprinkling ashes on the head to show penance and mourning

ashˈy-grey adjective

the Ashes

1. A trophy in the form of a small urn competed for by the cricket teams of England and Australia (from a mock obituary of English cricket after the Australian victory in 1882, after which the trophy purporting to contain the ashes of English cricket was devised)
2. A series of test matches for this trophy
3. A series of matches between Australia and Great Britain at any other sport

ash² /ash/

1. A well-known timber tree (Fraxinus excelsior, or other species) of the olive family
2. Its white, tough, hard wood
3. An ashen spear-shaft or spear (obsolete)

ashˈen adjective

Made of, or relating to, the ash tree

ashˈ-key noun

The winged fruit of the ash

ashˈ-plant noun

1. An ash sapling
2. A whip, staff or walking-stick made from an ash sapling

potash /potˈash/

1. (also, earlier, potˈ-ash and potass /pə-tasˈ, potˈas/) a powerful alkali, potassium carbonate, orig obtained in a crude state by leaching wood ash and evaporating the solution in pots
2. (in pl, usu pot ashes or potˈ-ashes) the original name for the alkali in its crude form
3. Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash)
4. Sometimes the monoxide or (vaguely) some other compound of potassium
5. Potash water

Containing or rich in potassium

To treat with potash

potash alum noun

Alum (qv)

potash water or potass water noun

An aerated water containing potassium bicarbonate

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