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Definition ash

Etymology 1

From Middle English asshe, from Old English æsce, from Proto-Germanic *ask? (compare West Frisian jiske, Dutch as, Low German Asch, German Asche, Danish aske, Swedish aska, Norwegian ask), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eHs-; see it for cognates.

The rare plural axen is from Middle English axen, axnen, from Old English axan, as?an (“ashes”) (plural of Old English axe, æs?e (“ash”)).

Noun

ash (countable and uncountable, plural ashes)

  1. The solid remains of a fire.
  2. (chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
  3. Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
  4. (in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
  5. (figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.
  6. A gray colour, like that of ash.
Verb

ash (third-person singular simple present ashes, present participle ashing, simple past and past participle ashed)

  1. (chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
  2. (intransitive) To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.
  3. (transitive) To hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).
  4. (obsolete, mostly used in the passive) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.

Etymology 2

From Middle English asshe, from Old English æsc, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz (compare West Frisian esk, Dutch es, German Esche, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish ask), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh?s- (compare Welsh onnen, Latin ornus (“wild mountain ash”), Lithuanian úosis, Russian ?????? (jásen?), Albanian ah (“beech”), Ancient Greek ???? (oxúa, “beech”), Old Armenian ???? (hac?i)).

Noun

ash (countable and uncountable, plural ashes)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
  2. (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
  3. The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.

Results 232 Words with the letters ASH

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5 letter words with the letters ASH 
ABASH 10
ACHES 10
AMAHS 10
ANKHS 12
APHIS 10
APISH 10
AWASH 10
BAHTS 10
BATHS 10
BLAHS 11
BRASH 10
CAPHS 13
CHADS 11
CHAMS 13
CHAOS 10
CHAPS 13
CHARS 10
CHASE 10
CHASM 13
CHATS 10
CHAWS 13
CHAYS 12
CHIAS 10
CLASH 11
CRASH 10
DASHY 10
DHAKS 12
EPHAS 10
FLASH 11
GNASH 10
HAAFS 10
HABUS 11
HACKS 14
HAEMS 10
HAFIS 10
HAFTS 10
HAIKS 11
HAJES 16
HAJIS 16
HAKES 11
HALMS 11
HAMES 10
HANGS 10
HANKS 12
HARKS 11
HARMS 10
HARPS 10
HASPS 10
HAVES 11
HAWKS 14
HAWSE 10
HAZES 16
HEAPS 10
HYLAS 10
KAPHS 14
KASHA 11
KHAFS 14
KHANS 12
KHATS 11
LAKHS 12
MACHS 13
MARSH 10
MASHY 12
MATHS 10
OPAHS 10
PASHA 10
PATHS 10
PHASE 10
PLASH 11
PSHAW 13
QUASH 17
SAHIB 10
SANGH 10
SAUCH 11
SAUGH 10
SCHAV 14
SCHWA 13
SHACK 14
SHADY 10
SHAFT 10
SHAKE 11
SHAKO 11
SHAKY 13
SHALY 10
SHAME 10
SHAMS 10
SHANK 12
SHAPE 10
SHARK 11
SHARP 10
SHAVE 11
SHAWL 11
SHAWM 13
SHAWN 11
SHAWS 10
SHEAF 10
SHIVA 11
SHWAS 10
SMASH 10
SPAHI 10
STAPH 10
SUBAH 11
SWASH 10
SWATH 10
TACHS 10
THAWS 10
WASHY 12
WHAMS 13
WHAPS 13
WHATS 10
WISHA 10
4 letter words with the letters ASH 
AAHS 6
ASHY 8
BASH 9
CASH 9
DAHS 7
DASH 7
FASH 9
GASH 8
HAES 6
HAGS 8
HAHS 8
HAMS 9
HAPS 9
HASH 8
HASP 9
HAST 6
HATS 6
HAWS 9
HAYS 8
LASH 7
MASH 9
PASH 9
RASH 6
SASH 6
SHAD 7
SHAG 8
SHAH 8
SHAM 9
SHAT 6
SHAW 9
SHAY 8
SHEA 6
SHWA 9
WASH 9
3 letter words with the letters ASH 
AHS 5
ASH 5
HAS 5
SHA 5
2 letter words with the letters ASH 
AH 4
AS 2
HA 4
SH 4

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