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1. ash: material remaining after something is burned; cinders, embers
2. remains of a dead body after it has been cremated
3. ash: Any tree of the genus Fraxinus, in the olive family. The genus includes about 70 species of trees and shrubs found mostly in the Northern Hemisphere. The United States boasts 18 species of ash, 5 of which furnish most of the ash cut as lumber. Most important are the white ash (F. americana) and the green ash (F. pennsylvanica), which yield wood that is stiff, strong and resilient, yet lightweight. This "white ash" is used for baseball bats, hockey sticks, paddles and oars, tennis and other racket frames and the handles of agricultural tools. Black ash (F. nigra), blue ash (F. quadrangulata) and Oregon ash (F. latifolia) produce wood of comparable quality that is used for many more purposes, including furniture, interior paneling and barrels.
4. ash: Ash Can school
5. ash: ash cone
6. ash: mountain ash;
7. symbol of victory in the usually biennial cricket Test (international) match series between select national teams of England and Australia, first staged in 1877. Its name stems from an epitaph published in 1882 after the Australian team had won its first victory over England in England, at the Oval, London. The epitaph lamented that English cricket was dead and that its body would be cremated and the ashes sent to Australia. The following year an urn containing the ashes of a wicket bail was presented to the captain of the touring English team in Australia. The urn is now kept at Lord's Cricket Ground, headquarters of the Marylebone Cricket Club, long the foremost British club.
8. n. pl. Ashes are what is left of something after it has been destroyed by fire, esp. what is left of a human body after it has been cremated. My grandmother's ashes were scattered over the Yorkshire Moors where she had spent the last few years of her life. Allied bombing left Dresden in ashes in 1945. (figurative) In 1991, independent democratic states rose from the ashes of the former Soviet Union.
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10. Ash: Impurities consisting of silica, iron, alumina, and other noncombustible matter that are contained in coal. Ash increases the weight of coal, adds to the cost of handling, and can affect its burning characteristics Ash content is measured as a percent by weight of coal on an "as received" or a "dry" (moisture-free, usually part of a laboratory analysis) basis.
11. (slang) cannabis
12. The Ashes, ash, The ash: a prize gained in an international series of cricket with England