ash

[US]/æʃ/
[UK]/æʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance, especially wood.

Phrases & Collocations

ashes

ash tree

volcanic ash

ashes to ashes

fly ash

coal ash

ash content

soda ash

prickly ash

ash removal

fly ash concrete

cigarette ash

manchurian ash

ash handling

ash wednesday

bone ash

bottom ash

ash separator

ash cloud

wood ash

black ash

ash discharge

Example Sentences

the ashes of a lost culture.

ash began to sift down round them.

the telltale cigarette ash on the carpet

empty the ashes into a pail.

covered by a light fall of volcanic ash

inurned the ashes of the deceased.

volcanoes spouted ash and lava.

The big ash wolf anti understands the sensus of the fox.

Ask the hour maid servant to ash the dirt off the floor.

Peace to his ashes / memory / soul!

to scrape out the ashes from a grate

He flipped the ash off his cigarette.

Knock the ash out of your pipe before you refill it.

He flicked ash into the ashtray.

They had to remove the ashes from the burner first.

Most noteworthy are the handsome American mountain ash, or dogberry (S. americana), and European mountain ash (S. aucuparia), also called rowan, or quickbeam.

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association points out that using ashing sumach ash in cement is not a new idea.

coal contains higher levels of ash than premium fuels.

Real-world Examples

" Evening, Potter. Try not to get too much ash on the carpet."

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

They use the ash to enrich the soil.

Source: Global Slow English

The end product there is just ash suspended in water.

Source: The Era Model of Bill Gates

Don't drop your cigarette ash on the carpet, use an ashtray.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

And when it burned, that oily earth was liberated, leaving the ash behind.

Source: Scishow Selected Series

That appeared to be less ash that had been emmitted by the volcano on Tuesday.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2023 Compilation

She began mixing the ash with water and a sticky substance to create watercolor paint.

Source: VOA Slow English - Entertainment

How does Santa Claus see their wish lists if it's nothing but ash?

Source: Christmas hahaha

Beneath the protecting shroud of ash, the city lay intact.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 2

Huge amounts of ash fell on the land.

Source: National Parks of the United States

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