ash

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

cendre

ceniza

Asche

cenere

frêne

frassino

Esche

as

fresno

cinza

cendra

freixo

cinis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/æʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: asshe

Inherited from Old English: æsċe

Cognate with Western Frisian: jiske

Cognate with Dutch: as

Cognate with Low German: Asch

Cognate with German: Asche

Cognate with Danish: aske

Cognate with Swedish: aska

Cognate with Norwegian: aske

Inherited from Middle English: axen

Inherited from Old English: axan

Inherited from Old English: æsċ

Cognate with Western Frisian: esk

Cognate with Dutch: es

Cognate with German: Esche

Cognate with Welsh: onnen

Cognate with Latin: ornus

Cognate with Lithuanian: úosis

Cognate with Russian: я́сень

Cognate with Albanian: ah

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ὀξύα

Cognate with 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”)).

Sentences

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