ashy
ashy
Definition
ashy (as̸h′ē)
adjective ash′i·er, ash′i·est
- of, like, or covered with ashes
- of ash color; pale; pallid
ashy
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- gray: The throat and supercilium were pale rather than ashy gray, identifying it as a first year bird.
- deposit: A possible feature had been half sectioned and one of the fills comprised an ashy deposit.
- layer: It was filled with a tumble of large stones interleaved with ashy layers rich in animal bone.
- soil: Room 20 itself was paved with irregularly placed and unshaped stone slabs, over which lay a dense layer of black ashy soil.
- cloud: Derek found himself standing in the midst of a swirling, ashy cloud.
- fill: Many of the pits contained an ashy fill with abundant charcoal.
