Meaning

Solid remains of a fire..

Definitions by Sense

1. Solid remains of a fire.
2. (chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
3. Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
4. (in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
5. (archaic, in the plural) Mortal remains in general.
6. (figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.
7. A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.
8. (cellular automata) The resultant remaining more stable patterns that emerge from the evolution of a soup or a similarly random pattern.

Example Sentences

The audience was more captivated by the growing ash at the end of his cigarette than by his words.

Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil.

Ashes from the fire floated over the street.

Ash from the fire floated over the street.

The family collected the ashes after burning the body.

The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet.

Napoleon’s ashes are not yet extinguished, and we’re breathing in their sparks.

Now, it's Haiti that needs help to rebuild and rise from the ashes [of an earthquake].

Word Forms

• ashes
• ashing
• ashed

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