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The synonyms of “Ash” are: ash tree, cinders, ashes, embers, clinker
Ash as a Noun
Definitions of "Ash" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ash” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- Any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus.
- The mineral component of an organic substance, as assessed from the residue left after burning.
- A trophy for the winner of a series of Test matches in a cricket season between England and Australia.
- The remains of a human body after cremation or burning.
- The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
- The residue that remains when something is burned.
- Strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats.
Synonyms of "Ash" as a noun (5 Words)
ash tree | Strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats. |
ashes | The residue that remains when something is burned. |
cinders | A fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire. |
clinker | The stony residue from burnt coal or from a furnace. Clinker brick walls. |
embers | A hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering. |
Usage Examples of "Ash" as a noun
- I turned over the ashes.
- Coal contains higher levels of ash than premium fuels.
- His ashes were scattered on the waters of the Ganges River.
- Cigarette ash.
Associations of "Ash" (30 Words)
addiction | A formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master. He committed the offence to finance his drug addiction. |
addictive | Relating to or susceptible to being or becoming addicted to something. He has an addictive personality. |
anthracite | A hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat. A wide range of colours from anthracite to blush pink. |
basalt | The commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene. |
chimney | A chimney stack. A factory chimney. |
cigarette | An object similar to a cigarette containing a narcotic or herbal substance. |
cinder | Waste matter produced by smelting or refining ore; slag. A cold hearth full of cinders. |
crater | Form a crater in the ground or a planet. Ganymede the largest moon in the solar system has relatively few impact craters. |
dope | Carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts dope is a southernism in the United States. Though he wasn t an intellectual giant he was no dope either. |
earthquake | A disturbance that is extremely disruptive. Selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees. |
erupt | Erupt or intensify suddenly. Smoke bombs erupted everywhere. |
eruption | Pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed. A sudden eruption of street violence. |
fire | Destroy by fire. We had a bath in a tin tub by the fire. |
flue | Organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip. No air rises up the chimney usually because the flue is blocked. |
geologic | Of or relating to or based on geology. Geological formations. |
hotspot | A public place where a wireless signal is made available so that the internet can be accessed. Treat your clients to a cocktail at one of the following hotspots. |
igneous | Produced by the action of fire or intense heat. Igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state especially from molten magma. |
intoxicant | Causing. Intoxicants and drugs are used by some to escape physical or psychological pain. |
lava | Rock that in its molten form as magma issues from volcanos lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface. Porphyritic lavas. |
ledge | A window ledge. A reef ledge. |
matchbox | Very small. Her matchbox apartment. |
mountain | A large pile or quantity of something. A mountain of paperwork. |
nicotine | A toxic colourless or yellowish oily liquid which is the chief active constituent of tobacco. It acts as a stimulant in small doses, but in larger amounts blocks the action of autonomic nerve and skeletal muscle cells. |
pipe | Play a tune on a pipe or pipes. A smell of pipe tobacco. |
smoke | Emit smoke or visible vapour. With all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere. |
smoker | A train compartment in which smoking is allowed. He was tackled on the subject during a company smoker. |
smoking | The act of smoking tobacco or other substances. Smoking stinks. |
tobacco | The plant of the nightshade family which yields tobacco native to tropical America It is widely cultivated in warm regions especially in the US and China. |
volcanic | Relating to or produced by a volcano or volcanoes. Types of volcanic activity. |
volcano | A fissure in the earth’s crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt. Clare had been building up a silent volcano of resentment. |