ashes
ashes definition
ashes (as̸h′iz)
plural noun
- the unburned particles and white or grayish powder remaining after a thing has been burned
- the part of the body left after cremation
- a dead person; human remains
- 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.
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