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The correct spelling is ash.
How to pronounce ash
noun
IPA: /æʃ/
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The correct spelling is ash. The solid remains of a fire. For example: "Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil."
Usage Examples
“Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil.”
“The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet.”
“The ash trees are dying off due to emerald ash borer.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The solid remains of a fire.
- 2.The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
- 3.Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
- 4.(in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
- 5.What remains after a catastrophe.
verb
- 1.To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
- 2.To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.
- 3.To hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).
- 4.(mostly used in the passive) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
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