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ashes definition

ashes (as̸h′iz)

plural noun

  1. the unburned particles and white or grayish powder remaining after a thing has been burned
  2. the part of the body left after cremation
  3. a dead person; human remains
  4. ruins or remains, as of a destroyed civilization

Etymology: see ash

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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