ash
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Speckles of ash from the courthouse basement drift over him, circle him, and fall into his cup of coffee.
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- noun The grayish-white to black powdery residue left when something is burned.
- noun Geology Pulverized particulate matter ejected by volcanic eruption.
- noun The mineral residue of incinerated organic matter, used as an additive in pet foods.
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- My last glimpse of the mushroom cloud before entering the city with the shoving mob of Trojan soldiers shows me that the column of smoke and ash is already beginning to bend southeast with the prevailing wind. — Ilium
- From far away, through the howling of the wind, came soft thuds, the sound a giant's footfalls might make in ash and dirt. — Firestorm
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Speckles of ash from the courthouse basement drift over him, circle him, and fall into his cup of coffee.
— justinker Diary Entry -
The mountain ash was absolutely gorgeous, all red and orange, although it is mostly bare today after five days of high winds.
— grouse Diary Entry -
But today, as eldest son and I walked the little maskless heeler around the backyard, and I mourned the bareness of the mountain ash, I stopped to give one of the peaches a squeeze.
— grouse Diary Entry
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- Middle English asshe, from Old English æsce; see as- in Indo-European roots.
- Middle English asshe, from Old English æsc.
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/ (ăsh)/
ahd pronounces "ash"
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