Ashes

Word ASHES
Character 5
Hyphenation ash es
Pronunciations /ˈæʃ.əz/

Definitions and meanings of "Ashes"

What do we mean by ashes?

The solid remains of a fire.

The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.

Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.

(in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.

What remains after a catastrophe.

A gray colour, like that of ash.

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The word "ashes" in example sentences

_Dust and ashes, dust and ashes_, echoes from the gray walls, the mouldering thatch of the _souks_, the long lamentable song of the blind beggars sitting in rows under the feet of the camels and asses. ❋ Edith Wharton (1899)

Discuss why the phoenix rising from the ashes is an inspiring image for African-Americans emerging from the slave era in ❋ Unknown (2007)

I glanced warily at him, for I was on my knees taking the ashes from the stove. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Blige and Jennifer Hudson left the stage in ashes and left many wondering if any acts on Sunday's Grammy Awards would match their vocal firepower. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They were all that were left of Pauloo, which likewise was in ashes, for a third schooner had come in through the Pauloo Passage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He emptied the ashes from the stoves, brought up the coal and kindling, and lighted the fires before the most energetic one of them was at his desk. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the Memory of Boatswain, a Dog. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Fifth, what burns my ashes is that ignorant conservatives are still trying to spread the LIE that Barack Obama is an Islamist or, to be more correct, a Muslim. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Odie saved the wife and kids from burning down the whole forrest when they were dumping ashes from the fire place. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As I look out my window I see mounds of ashes from the inferno that occured when Lake Winnipeg boiled over. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Smoke was blown back over the train and live ashes from the defective stack must have landed on the first two cars because soon smoke was seen coming from the boxes of dynamite. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The idea is: Why make everybody sit around in ashes and sackcloth? ❋ Unknown (2007)

It produces the same outcome, which is in ashes but through very low temperatures. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Wash days were particularly demanding, as tubfuls of water had to be transported and boiled on the stove before soiled washing was added, together with soap that the women had made from fatpork and wood ashes from the grate. 41 On fine days in the summer, however, women often took their washing directly to the sides of ponds and rivers and did their scrubbing on the rocks. ❋ Unknown (2005)

If the Thompson job were his, [Colorado firework impresario Marc Williams] said, he would probably blast the ashes from a 12-inch-diameter mortar 800 feet into the sky. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Some people partied, some people sold all they had and covered themselves in ashes, some people stayed in bed waiting for the end. ❋ Dean Francis Alfar (2004)

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