ashen

The definition of ashen is being gray or ash colored.

(adjective)

A piece of furniture that has been through a fire is an example of something that is ashen.

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See ashen in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. of ashes
  2. like ashes, esp. in color; pale; pallid

adjective

  1. of the ash tree
  2. made of its wood

See ashen in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Consisting of ashes.
  2. Resembling ashes, especially in color; very pale: A face ashen with grief.

adjective
Of, relating to, or made from the wood of the ash tree.

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