ash

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
2. (ambitransitive) To hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).
3. (transitive) To mark (someone) with an ashen cross on the forehead to observe Ash Wednesday.
4. (obsolete) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.

Adv

Abbreviation of as hell or as heck.

Sinonieme

ashes

dust

cinder

cinders

ember

soot

ash tree

Fraxinus

embers

hearth

powder

dirt

white ash

ash-tree

volcanic ash

complete destruction

fraxinus sieboldiana

pozzolan

pozzolana

tephros

ash content

European ash

ash specification

ashen

ash wood

debris

fireplace

grey

lampblack

lime tree

linden

lye

ruins

spear

stove

trass

Vertalings

cendre

ceniza

Asche

cenere

frêne

frassino

Esche

as

fresno

cinza

cendra

freixo

cinis

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/æʃ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: asshe

Geërf van Old English: æsċe

Verwante met Fries: jiske

Verwante met Nederlands: as

Verwante met Nederduits: Asch

Verwante met Duits: Asche

Verwante met Deens: aske

Verwante met Sweeds: aska

Verwante met Noors: aske

Geërf van Middle English: axen

Geërf van Old English: axan

Geërf van Old English: æsċ

Verwante met Fries: esk

Verwante met Nederlands: es

Verwante met Duits: Esche

Verwante met Wallies: onnen

Verwante met Latyn: ornus

Verwante met Litaus: úosis

Verwante met Russies: я́сень

Verwante met Albanees: ah

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: ὀξύα

Verwante met Classical Armenian: հացի

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”)).

Sinne

Thus , the oven remains " white ", or clean from ash .