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

volcano /vol-kāˈnō/

1. A centre of eruption of subterranean matter, typically a more or less conical hill or mountain, built of ash and lava, with a central crater and pipe
2. A state of affairs, emotional condition, etc, suggestive of a volcano because an upheaval or outburst seems imminent
3. A form of firework

volcaˈnian adjective (Keats)

volcanic /vol-kanˈik/ adjective

1. Relating to, of the nature of, produced or caused by a volcano
2. Characterized by the presence of volcanoes
3. Given to sudden outbursts of emotion

volcanˈically adverb

volcanicity /-kə-nisˈi-ti/ noun

Volcanic action or phenomena

volcanism and volcanist noun (also with caps) see vulcanism and Vulcanist under Vulcan

volcanizāˈtion or volcanisāˈtion noun

volˈcanize or volˈcanise transitive verb

To subject to the action of volcanic heat

volˈcanized or volˈcanised adjective

volcanologˈical adjective

volcanolˈogist noun

A vulcanologist

volcanolˈogy noun

Vulcanology

volcanic ash or volcanic ashes see under ash¹

volcanic bomb see under bomb

volcanic dust noun

Fine particles of powdered rock blown out from a volcano

volcanic glass noun

Rock without a crystalline structure, as obsidian, pumice, etc, produced by rapid cooling of molten lava

volcanic mud or volcanic sand noun

Volcanic ash that has been deposited under water and sorted and stratified

volcanic rocks plural noun

Those formed by volcanic agency

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