ash : Idioms & Phrases

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alpine ash

  • noun tall timber tree with hard heavy pinkish or light brown wood
    Eucalyptus delegatensis; mountain oak.
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american mountain ash

  • noun a variety of mountain ash
    Sorbus americana.
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arizona ash

  • noun small shrubby ash of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
    Fraxinus velutina.
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ash bin

  • noun a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected
    wastebin; ashcan; garbage can; ashbin; trash bin; trash can; trash barrel; dustbin; ash bin.
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ash cake

  • noun corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern)
    corn tash; ashcake.
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ash can

  • noun early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life
    Ashcan school.
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ash gray

  • noun a light shade of grey
    silver gray; silver grey; silver; ash gray.
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ash grey

  • noun a light shade of grey
    silver gray; silver grey; silver; ash gray.
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ash tree

  • noun any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
    ash.
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ash wednesday

  • noun the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance
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Ash` Wednes"day
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  1. The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.
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ash-bin

  • noun a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected
    wastebin; ashcan; garbage can; ashbin; trash bin; trash can; trash barrel; dustbin; ash bin.
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ash-blonde

  • adjective satellite of hair color; whitish
    platinum-blonde; towheaded.
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ash-colored

Ash"-col`ored adjective
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  1. Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.
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ash-fire

Ash"-fire noun
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  1. A low fire used in chemical operations.
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ash-furnace

Ash"-fur`nace, Ash"-ov`en noun (Also<
  • Ash-furnace
  • Ash-oven
)
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  1. A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making.
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ash-gray

  • adjective satellite of a light grey
    ash-gray; ashy.
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ash-grey

  • adjective satellite of a light grey
    ash-gray; ashy.
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ash-key

  • noun winged seed of the ash tree
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ash-leaved maple

  • noun common shade tree of eastern and central United States
    Acer negundo; box elder.
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ash-pan

  • noun a receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed
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basket ash

  • noun vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn
    brown ash; basket ash; Fraxinus nigra; black ash.
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black ash

  • noun vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn
    brown ash; basket ash; Fraxinus nigra; black ash.
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blue ash

  • noun ash of central and southern United States with bluish-green foliage and hard brown wood
    Fraxinus quadrangulata.
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Bone ash

  • noun ash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china
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  • the residue from calcined bones; used for making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry.
  • burnt powered; bone earth.
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bone-ash cup

  • noun a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead
    refractory pot; cupel.
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brown ash

  • noun vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn
    brown ash; basket ash; Fraxinus nigra; black ash.
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common european ash

  • noun tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath
    Fraxinus excelsior; common European ash.
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downy ash

  • noun smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces
    downy ash; Fraxinus pennsylvanica.
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european ash

  • noun tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath
    Fraxinus excelsior; common European ash.
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european mountain ash

  • noun Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits
    rowan; Sorbus aucuparia; rowan tree.
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flowering ash

  • noun southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna
    flowering ash; Fraxinus ornus.
  • noun shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers
    Fraxinus dipetala.
  • noun shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers
    Fraxinus cuspidata.
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fly ash

  • noun fine solid particles of ash that are carried into the air when fuel is combusted
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green ash

  • noun a variety of red ash having glossy branchlets and lower leaf surfaces
    Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima.
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Ground ash

  • . (Bot.) See Groutweed.
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hoop ash

  • noun vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn
    brown ash; basket ash; Fraxinus nigra; black ash.
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In dust and ashes

  • . See under Ashes.
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In dust and ashes, In sackcloth and ashes

  • with humble expression of grief or repentance; from the method of mourning in Eastern lands.
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manna ash

  • noun southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna
    flowering ash; Fraxinus ornus.
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Mountain ash

  • noun any of various trees of the genus Sorbus
  • noun tree having wood similar to the alpine ash; tallest tree in Australia and tallest hardwood in the world
    Eucalyptus regnans.
  • noun low-growing ash of Texas
    Fraxinus texensis.
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  • (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the Pyrus (Sorbus) Americana, producing beautiful bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the P. aucuparia, or rowan tree.
  • . See Roman tree, and under Mountain.
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oregon ash

  • noun timber tree of western North America yielding hard light wood; closely related to the red ash
    Fraxinus latifolia; Fraxinus oregona.
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pearl ash

  • noun an impure form of potassium carbonate
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Poison ash

  • noun smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
    poison dogwood; Toxicodendron vernix; poison sumac; Rhus vernix.
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  • . (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus Amyris (A. balsamifera) found in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities. (b) The poison sumac (Rhus venenata) . U. S.
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Prickly ash

  • noun any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches
  • noun Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers
    Orites excelsa.
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  • (Bot.), a prickly shrub (Xanthoxylum Americanum) with yellowish flowers appearing with the leaves. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic. The southern species is X. Carolinianum. Gray.
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Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata)

  • are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.
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pumpkin ash

  • noun timber tree of central and southeastern United States having hairy branchlets and a swollen trunk base
    Fraxinus tomentosa.
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Red ash

  • noun smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces
    downy ash; Fraxinus pennsylvanica.
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  • (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens), smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber. Cray.
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sackcloth and ashes

  • noun a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief
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sea ash

  • noun small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America
    Zanthoxylum americanum; toothache tree; Zanthoxylum fraxineum.
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silver ash

  • noun any of various timber trees of the genus Flindersia
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Soda ash

  • noun a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
    sodium carbonate; sal soda; washing soda; soda.
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  • crude sodium carbonate; so called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
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swamp ash

  • noun small ash of swampy areas of southeastern United States
    Fraxinus caroliniana.
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tarabulus ash-sham

  • noun a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea
    Trablous; Tripoli; Tarabulus.
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Trumpet ash

  • (Bot.), the trumpet creeper. Eng.
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Ultramarine ash ∨ ashes

  • (Paint.), a pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine has been extracted. It was used by the old masters as a middle or neutral tint for flesh, skies, and draperies, being of a purer and tenderer gray that produced by the mixture of more positive colors. Fairholt.
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Volcanic ash

  • . See under Ashes.
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Volcanic ashes, ∨ Volcanic ash

  • the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes.
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western mountain ash

  • noun an ash of the western coast of North America
    Sorbus sitchensis.
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white ash

  • noun small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips
    snow gum; ghost gum; Eucalyptus coriacea; Eucalyptus pauciflora.
  • noun spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood
    Fraxinus Americana.
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white mountain ash

  • noun large tree with dark compact bark on lower trunk but smooth and white above; yields lumber similar to that of European or American ashes
    Eucalyptus fraxinoides.
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