| ash | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. ash | the residue that remains when something is burned. |
| ~ fly ash | fine solid particles of ash that are carried into the air when fuel is combusted. |
| ~ bone ash | ash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china. |
| ~ residue | matter that remains after something has been removed. |
| n. (plant) | 2. ash, ash tree | any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus. |
| ~ ygdrasil, yggdrasil | (Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together. |
| ~ fraxinus, genus fraxinus | ash. |
| ~ ash | strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats. |
| ~ fraxinus americana, white ash | spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood. |
| ~ fraxinus caroliniana, swamp ash | small ash of swampy areas of southeastern United States. |
| ~ fraxinus cuspidata, flowering ash | shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers. |
| ~ fraxinus dipetala, flowering ash | shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers. |
| ~ common european ash, european ash, fraxinus excelsior | tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath. |
| ~ fraxinus latifolia, fraxinus oregona, oregon ash | timber tree of western North America yielding hard light wood; closely related to the red ash. |
| ~ basket ash, black ash, brown ash, fraxinus nigra, hoop ash | vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn. |
| ~ flowering ash, fraxinus ornus, manna ash | southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna. |
| ~ downy ash, fraxinus pennsylvanica, red ash | smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces. |
| ~ blue ash, fraxinus quadrangulata | ash of central and southern United States with bluish-green foliage and hard brown wood. |
| ~ fraxinus texensis, mountain ash | low-growing ash of Texas. |
| ~ fraxinus tomentosa, pumpkin ash | timber tree of central and southeastern United States having hairy branchlets and a swollen trunk base. |
| ~ arizona ash, fraxinus velutina | small shrubby ash of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. |
| ~ ash-key | winged seed of the ash tree. |
| ~ tree | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms. |
| n. (plant) | 3. ash | strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats. |
| ~ ash tree, ash | any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus. |
| ~ wood | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees. |
| v. (change) | 4. ash | convert into ashes. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| cinder | | |
| n. (object) | 1. cinder, clinker | a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire. |
| ~ fragment | a piece broken off or cut off of something else.; "a fragment of rock" |
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