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Synonyms for ash

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ash
Phonetic Transcription : æʃ

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Définition of ash

Origin :
  • "powdery remains of fire," Old English æsce "ash," from Proto-Germanic *askon (cf. Old Norse and Swedish aska, Old High German asca, German asche, Gothic azgo "ashes"), from PIE root *as- "to burn, glow" (cf. Sanskrit asah "ashes, dust," Armenian azazem "I dry up," Greek azein "to dry up, parch," Latin ardus "parched, dry"). Spanish and Portuguese ascua "red-hot coal" are Germanic loan-words.
  • Symbol of grief or repentance; hence Ash Wednesday (c.1300), from custom introduced by Pope Gregory the Great of sprinkling ashes on the heads of penitents on the first day of Lent. Ashes meaning "mortal remains of a person" is late 13c., in reference to the ancient custom of cremation.
  • noun remains of burning
  • noun powder remains after a fire
  • noun ruins
Example sentences :
  • The sword shall belong to him who can draw it from the ash tree's heart.
  • Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
  • For ash, however, the actual character 'æ' represents the long vowel.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
  • A stick parted and fell into ash, and Miss Susan came awake.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Being tired, they lay down under an ash tree and fell asleep.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • Athens,—except for that sparkle,—thy name, I had moldered to ash!
  • Extract from : « Graded Poetry: Second Year » by Various
  • The hand which held his cigar shook so that the ash fell upon his waistcoat.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • It was the early spring, and the black buds of the ash had just begun to swell.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • Roger flicked the ash from his cigarette and coughed slightly.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • He meditatively flicked the ash from his cigar with his little finger.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • He laid the stump of his cigar in the ash receiver and rose from his chair.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
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