ash
Betekenis (English)
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- The solid remains of a fire.
- The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
- Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
- Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
- Mortal remains in general.
- What remains after a catastrophe.
- A gray colour, like that of ash.
Synonyms
Fraxinus
white ash
ash-tree
complete destruction
fraxinus sieboldiana
tephros
ash content
ash specification
ash wood
lime tree
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/æʃ/
Etymology (English)
In summary
From Middle English asshe, from Old English æsċe, from Proto-West Germanic *askā, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (compare West Frisian jiske, Dutch as, Low German Asch, German Asche, Danish aske, Swedish aska, Norwegian aske), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-; see it for cognates. The rare plural axen is from Middle English axen, axnen, from Old English axan, asċan (“ashes”) (plural of Old English axe, æsċe (“ash”)).
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