ash Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the residue that remains when something is burned
  2. noun any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
    ash tree.
  3. noun strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
  4. verb convert into ashes

WordNet

Ash noun
Etymology
OE. asch, esh, AS. æsc; akin to OHG. asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana).
  2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree. Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
Ash noun
Definitions
  1. sing. of Ashes. ✍ Ash is rarely used in the singular except in connection with chemical or geological products; as, soda ash, coal which yields a red ash, etc., or as a qualifying or combining word; as, ash bin, ash heap, ash hole, ash pan, ash pit, ash-grey, ash-colored, pearlash, potash.
Ash transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To strew or sprinkle with ashes. Howell.

Webster 1913