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==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|ăsh}}, {{IPA|/æʃ/}}, {{SAMPA|/{S/}}
* {{audio|en-us-ash.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{rhymes|æʃ}}

===Etymology 1===
{{etyl|enm|en}} {{term|asshe|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|æsce|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Germanic|askōn}} (compare {{etyl|fy|-}} ''jiske'', Dutch ''as'', German ''[[Asche]]'', {{etyl|sv|-}} {{term|aska|lang=sv}}), from {{proto|Indo-European|h₂éhₓōs}} (compare Hittite ''ḫašša'' 'potash, ashes', Ancient Greek ''áxa'' 'dry dirt', Armenian ''ačiwn'' 'ash', Ormuri ''yānak'', Sanskrit ''āsa'' 'ashes, dust').

====Noun====
{{en-noun|es|-}}

# The solid remains of a [[fire]].
#: ''The audience was more captivated by the growing '''ash''' at the end of his cigarette than by his words.''
#: '''''Ash''' from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil.''
#: '''''Ashes''' from the fire floated over the street.''
#: '''''Ash''' from the fire floated over the street.''
# {{chemistry}} The [[nonaqueous]] remains of a material subjected to any complete [[oxidation]] process.
# Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
# {{context|in plural}} Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
#: ''The urn containing his '''ashes''' was eventually removed to a closet.''
# {{figuratively}} What remains after a catastrophe.
#* 

====Derived terms====
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* [[Ash Wednesday]]
* [[ash blonde]]
* [[ash heap]]
* [[ash hole]]
* [[ash pan]]
* [[ash pit]]
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* [[ash stand]]
* [[ashcan]]
* [[ashen]]
* [[ashtray]]
* [[ashy]]
* [[the Ashes]]
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====Verb====
{{en-verb|ash|es}}

# {{context|chemistry}} To [[reduce]] to a [[residue]] of ash. See ''[[ashing]]''.
# To hit the end off of a burning [[cigar]] or [[cigarette]].
# {{obsolete|mostly used in the past tense}} To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.

===Etymology 2===
{{etyl|enm|en}} {{term|asshe|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|æsc|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Germanic|askaz||askiz}} (compare {{etyl|fy|-}} ''esk'', Dutch {{term|es|lang=nl}}, German ''[[Esche]]'', Danish/Swedish ''ask''), from {{proto|Indo-European|h₃osk-}} (compare Welsh ''onnen'', Latin {{term|ornus||wild mountain ash|lang=grc}}, Lithuanian {{term|uosis|úosis|lang=lt}}, Russian {{term|ясень||jásen’|lang=ru}}, Albanian ''ah'' 'beech', Ancient Greek {{term|ὀξύα||beech|lang=grc}}, Old Armenian {{term|հացի|tr=hacʿi|lang=xcl}}).

====Noun====
{{en-noun|es}}

# A shade [[tree]] of the genus {{spelink|Fraxinus}}
# The wood of this tree.
# The traditional name for the ae [[ligature]] ([[æ]]), as used in [[Old English]].

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|tree}} [[ash tree]]

===Thesaurus===
[[alluvion]]; [[alluvium]]; [[ashes]]; [[brand]]; [[calx]]; [[carbon]]; [[charcoal]]; [[cinder]]; [[cinders]]; [[clinker]]; [[clinkers]]; [[coal]]; [[coals]]; [[coke]]; [[coom]]; [[deposition]]; [[deposits]]; [[diluvium]]; [[draff]]; [[dregs]]; [[dross]]; [[ember]]; [[embers]]; [[feces]]; [[froth]]; [[fume]]; [[fumes]]; [[grounds]]; [[lava]]; [[lees]]; [[loess]]; [[moraine]]; [[offscum]]; [[precipitate]]; [[precipitation]]; [[reek]]; [[scoria]]; [[scum]]; [[sediment]]; [[settlings]]; [[silt]]; [[sinter]]; [[slag]]; [[smoke]]; [[smudge]]; [[smut]]; [[soot]]; [[sublimate]]; [[sullage]]