ash

English

/æʃ/

noun
Definitions
  • The solid remains of a fire.
  • (chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
  • Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
  • (in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
  • (figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.
  • A gray colour, like that of ash.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English asshe (ash tree, burnt matter) inherited from Old English æsce inherited from *askā (ash) inherited from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (ash, ashes) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (burn, ashes, hearth, glow, be become dry, be dry) inherited from Middle English axen inherited from Old English axan, axe root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (burn, ashes, hearth, glow, be become dry, be dry).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eHs-

Gloss

burn, ashes, hearth, glow, be become dry, be dry

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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