ashes

Noun

The word is derived from ash

Meaning

The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.

Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when "returned to dust" by natural decay.

The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

earth ash carrion clay cinder flagellation nubbin dust coal debris corpse residue charcoal rubble basalt
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Phrases with the word

rise from the ashes like a phoenix from the ashes reduce to ashes burn to ashes as pale as ashes be in sackcloth and ashes

Anagrams

Hasse Sesha

Examples

A car will make a pass, deploy the parachute and scatter the ashes," Silva said. Source: Internet

A bronze medal on display in the British Museum shows Agrippina’s ashes being brought back to Rome by Caligula. Source: Internet

According to Dennis Dewsnap's memoir, What's Sex Got To Do With It (The Syden Press, 2004), Orton and Halliwell had their ashes mixed and were buried together. Source: Internet

Accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries suggest that the fires (as well as their smoke and ashes) were deemed to have protective and cleansing powers. Source: Internet

After the funeral, his organs were donated to medical research, the remains were cremated, and his ashes were subsequently scattered at sea, according to his wishes. Source: Internet

After the death of Stoker's son, Irving Noel Stoker, in 1961, Irving's ashes were added to that urn. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

asherah-worship Asherite ashery ashes from a cigarette ashes-of-rose ashet