ash

Speech parts

1. ash - Noun

2. ash - Verb

3. Ash - Proper noun

Meaning

A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana).

The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.

sing. of Ashes.

To strew or sprinkle with ashes.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cyprus cedar cypress elm linden magnolia redwood hawthorn jasmine aspen banyan cottonwood nash dogwood OAK
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Antonyms

flora happy vegetation foliage greenery leafage
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Hypernyms

wood residue gray change material color

Hyponyms

mountain ash flowering ash black ash red ash manna ash blue ash

Phrases with the word

white ash Moreton Bay ash Ash Hill Barkston Ash Biltmore ash Cape ash

Derivatives

ashes

Examples

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen

I am not one to rely upon the expert procedure. It is the psychology I seek, not the fingerprint or the cigarette ash. Agatha Christie

Of all the trees that grow so fair, Old England to adorn, Greater are none beneath the Sun, Than Oak, and Ash and Thorn. Rudyard Kipling

Firewood yields ash. African Proverb

One with more firewood than you, has more ash than you. African Proverb

You don't have to put out the fire when all is ash. Norse Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Asgardian Asghar asgmt ash anthracnose ash bin ash blond