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ashes Definition

ashes (as̸h′iz)

  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

ashes Synonyms

ashes

pl.n.

  1. Powdery remains after a fire

    dust, powder, cinders, slag, embers, charcoal, volcanic ash, soot, remains of what is burned, scoriae.

  2. Ruins

    remains, vestiges, remnants; see destruction 2.

ashes Usage Examples

Converse of object

bury: XCII That ev'n my buried Ashes such a snare Of.

Modifies a noun

series: Of course for those of us looking forward to the winter Ashes series in Australia, it just has to be Mission Impossible!