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noun. uk / æʃ / us / æʃ / ash noun (POWDER) Add to word list. [ U ] the soft grey or black powder that is left after a substance, especially tobacco, coal, or wood, has burned: cigarette ash. Iuliia Alekseeva/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages. ashes [ plural ]
The meaning of ASH is any of a genus (Fraxinus) of trees of the olive family with pinnate leaves, thin furrowed bark, and gray branchlets. How to use ash in a sentence.
noun. the nonvolatile products and residue formed when matter is burnt. any of certain compounds formed by burning See soda ash. fine particles of lava thrown out by an erupting volcano.
ASH meaning: 1 : the soft gray powder that remains after something (such as a cigarette or wood) has been completely burned and destroyed by fire; 2 : the burned parts that remain when something is destroyed often used figuratively
noun. us / æʃ / uk / æʃ / ash noun (POWDER) Add to word list. [ U ] the soft gray or black powder that is left after a substance, especially tobacco, coal, or wood, has burned: cigarette ash. Iuliia Alekseeva/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages. ashes [ plural ]
Ash is what's left after something has been burned by a fire. You need to clean the ash out of a wood stove or fireplace every once in a while. After you burn wood in a fire pit or in a bonfire on the beach, there's ash left behind.
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) leads the world in promoting and supporting clinical and scientific hematology research through its many innovative award programs, meetings, publications, and advocacy efforts.
Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. [1] Specifically, ash refers to all non- aqueous, non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash is the non- gaseous, non- liquid residue after complete combustion.
Ash, genus of 45–65 species of trees or shrubs (family Oleaceae), primarily distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Several species are valuable for their timber and beauty. Learn about the major species of ash plants, their physical characteristics, and diseases in this article.
[plural] what is left after something has been destroyed by burning. The town was reduced to ashes in the fighting. the glowing ashes of the campfire. The fire had died to cold ashes. (figurative) The party had risen, like a phoenix, from the ashes of electoral disaster. She had seen all her dreams turn to ashes. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
