Ash

Definition: Ash

Ash

Noun

1. The residue that remains when something is burned.

2. Any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus.

3. Strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats.

Verb

1. Convert into ashes.

"Ash" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an ash tree clearing".

Date "ash" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Ash A Bourne Shell clone by Kenneth Almquist. It works pretty well. For running scripts, it is sometimes better and sometimes worse than Bash. Ash runs under 386BSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux. FTP Linux version (ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/ports/ash-linux-0.1.tar.gz). (1995-07-20). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Bible	Ash (Heb. o'ren, "tremulous"), mentioned only Isa. 44:14 (R.V., "fir tree"). It is rendered "pine tree" both in the LXX. and Vulgate versions. There is a tree called by the Arabs _aran_, found still in the valleys of Arabia Petraea, whose leaf resembles that of the mountain ash. This may be the tree meant. Our ash tree is not known in Syria. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Chemical Industry	The residue remaining after combustion whose origin is the mineral impurities contained in the fuel; ash may also contain unburned fuel. Source: European Union. (references)
Energy	Non-organic, non-flammable substance left over aftercombustible material has been completely burned. (references)
	The non-combustible residue of a combusted substance composed primarily of alkali and metal oxides. (references)
Environment	Inert or unburned matter remaining after a process of combustion. Source: European Union. (references)
Food & Agriculture	To destroy the organic matter of must or wine in order to facilitate the determination of mineral constituents. To ignite at red heat the residue obtained by evaporating must or wine. Source: European Union. (references)
	The product obtained by igniting at red heat, the residue obtained by evaporating must or wine. Ignition should be carried out so that the ash contains all the cations(except ammonia)in the form of carbonates or other anhydrous mineral salts. Source: European Union. (references)
Geological	Fragments less than 2 millimeters (about 1/8 inch) in diameter of lava or rock blasted into the air by volcanic explosions. (Teacher's Packet) * Fragments of lava or rock smaller than 2 millimeters in size that are blasted into the air by volcanic explosions. (Miller, 1989)* Fine pyroclastic material in fragments less than 4.0 millimeters in diameter. "Ash" in this sense is quite distinct from the ash produced by common combustion because the rocks do not catch fire and burn during a volcanic event. (Foxworthy and Hill, 1982). (volcanic). (references)
	Fine particles of volcanic rock and glass blown into the atmosphere by a volcanic eruption. (references)
Mining	A. The inorganic residue after burning, esp. of coal. Ignition generally alters both the weight and the composition of the inorganic matter. See also:ash yield; extraneous ash; inherent ash b. Fine pyroclastic material (under 2.0-mm diameter; under 0.063-mm diameter for fine ash). The term usually refers to the unconsolidated material but sometimes is also used for its consolidated counterpart, tuff. Syn:dust; volcanic ash; volcanic dust; pumicite c. Inorganic residue remaining after ignition of combustible substances,determined by definite prescribed methods. (references)
Public Administration	In firefighting, the residual content of a product after complete burning; In volcanology, tiny fragments projected by an eruption. Source: European Union. (references)
Weather	The mineral content of a product remaining after complete combustion. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ASH	English	Alarm and status handler	Computing, Post & Telecom
ASH	French	Association Suisse des Horlogers	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Ash

Synonym: ash tree (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: mineralizing (food & agriculture).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Calefaction	Cinder, ash, scoriae, embers, soot; slag.
Regularity of recurrence Periodicity	Rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine; days of the week; Sunday, Monday; months of the year; January; feast, fast; Christmas, Easter, New Year's day; Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day; All Souls', All Souls' Day; Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day; yearbook; yuletide.
Rite	Sabbath, Pentecost; Advent, Christmas, Epiphany; Lent; Passion week, Holy week; Easter, Easter Sunday, Whitsuntide; agape, Ascension Day, Candlemas, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Holy Thursday; Lammas, Martinmas, Michaelmas; All SAint's DAy, All Souls' Day
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) The name's Ash, Housewares (Army of Darkness; writing credit: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi) Well look at you. Toxic as a crow, sneezing like a maniac, cigarette ash all down your front, nervous, out of breath, you've got married man written across your forehead in big neon letters (Man in the Moon; writing credit: Basil Dearden; John Foley) Ash and Captain Dallas are dead (Alien; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon.) You got an ash tray (Made; writing credit: Jon Favreau)
Lyrics	God help you if you are a phoenix and you dare to rise up from ash (32 Flavors; performing artist: Alana Davis) Come down to smoke and ash (HELP ME; performing artist: Joni Mitchell) Ash tray, flip gate, time to spark it (Hot in Herre; performing artist: NELLY)
Movie/TV Titles	Ash Wednesday (1973) The Bitter Ash (1963) Ash Tuesday (2003) Galerians: Ash (2002) Empire of Ash III (1989)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Ash & Lacy Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) The 2000 Import and Export Market for Metallic Ash and Residues in The Middle East (reference) The 2002 World Forecasts of Metallic Ash and Residues Export Supplies (reference) The 2003 World Forecasts of Metallic Ash and Residues Export Supplies (reference) The World Market for Metallic Ash and Residues: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Ash Child: A Gabriel Du Pre Mystery (reference) Ash Glazes (reference) Ash Ketchum, Pokemon Detective (Pokemon Chapter Book, 18) (reference) Ash to the Rescue (Pokemonn Chapter Book, 23) (reference) Ash Wednesday: A Novel (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Ash Breeze (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Ash Wednesday (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Black Ash Dub (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Wharfedale Diamond 7.2 Bookshelf Speakers (Black Ash) (reference) Wharfedale Diamond 8.2 Bookshelf Loudspeaker (Black Ash, Pair) (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Dressing Table - Golden Ash (reference) Vangard 5 Comfort Touch Car Seat with LATCH - Playwright Ash (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	River eroding volcanic ash flow. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Cemented ash and talus at a depth of 755 m off Hawaii. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).
	Field windbreak of blue spruce, elm and green ash. Credit: Unknown.		Ash FlowBurley Field OfficeUSRDUpper Snake River District. Credit: Terry Maley.
	Mountain Ash Berries. Credit: Terry Tuttle.		J. Earle Ash / Wm H Feldman. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Wind eroded volcanic ash - Kleifarvatn. Credit: Library of Congress.		Russian church with ground cover[e]d with volcanic ash after Katmia [i.e. Mount Katmai] eruption. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Barbaras homes buried in volcanic ash. Credit: Library of Congress.		Proposed site for scientific study camp. Ash Creek Canyon, Pine Ridge project, Nebraska. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno	Carroll, Lewis	He took the cigar from his mouth, and delicately shook off the ash, while he considered
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Opposite this tree, which was an ash, there was a chestnut tree wounded in the bark, which had been staunched with a bandage of zinc nailed on.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Ash and slag from steam-generating stations represent 80% of this quantity. (references)
		Incineration by-products, mostly fly ash and bottom ash, have themselves, raised serious environmental problems. (references)
		The process produces ash particles, acid gases such as oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and sulfur dioxide (SO2), as well as carbon dioxide, which contributes to the greenhouse effect. (references)
Economic History	Tanzania	Others include such industrial minerals as soda ash, marble, mica, and kaolin. (references)
	Botswana	Natural resources: Diamonds, copper, nickel, coal, soda ash, salt, gold, potash. (references)
	Botswana	Trade (1995): Exports--$4.5 billion: diamonds, nickel, copper, meat products, textiles, hides, skins, and soda ash. (references)
Trade	El Salvador	G. Opium with less than nine % morphine, scraps and opium ash, and any material used for smoking those products. (references)
	Bulgaria	This has placed some dutiable U.S. products such as soda ash and agricultural machinery at a comparative disadvantage. (references)
Travel	Ecuador	The volcano has been ejecting significant amounts of ash and incandescent rocks. (references)
Worker Rights	Cote d'Ivoire	For example, the sanitary services company ASH continues to pay wages as low as $15.50 (12,000 CFA francs) a month to female employees who work sweeping the streets of Abidjan. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	But we stood tall and proclaimed that communism was destined for the ash heap of history.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Ash" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 51.98% of the time. "Ash" is used about 1,111 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	51.98%	577	10,953
Noun (proper)	46.22%	513	11,826
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.9%	10	111,207
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.81%	9	117,287
Unclassified Items	0.09%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	1,111	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "ash" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Ash	Last name	9,000	1,436
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Ash" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an ash tree clearing".

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "ash".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Ash	Male, Female	English	An ash tree clearing
Ashlee	Male, Female	English	An ash tree clearing
Ashleigh	Male, Female	English	An ash tree clearing
Ashley	Male, Female	English	An ash tree clearing
Ashlie	Male, Female	English	An ash tree clearing
Ashlyn	Male, Female	English	An ash tree clearing
Ashton	Male, Female	English	An ash tree town
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
The following table summarizes names related to "Ash."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Ash	Male, Female	English	Ashley
Ashlee	Female	English	Ashley
Ashleigh	Female	English	Ashley
Ashley	Male, Female	English	N/A
Ashlie	Female	English	Ashley
Ashlyn	Female	English	Ashley
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Country	Name
United Kingdom	Ash & Lacy Plc
	(more examples...)

1. Ash, NC
Zip Code(s): 28420
Country: USA

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Expressions: Ash

Expressions using "ash": alpine ash ♦ american mountain ash ♦ Arizona ash ♦ ash bin ♦ ash blond ♦ ash cake ♦ ash can ♦ ash cloud ♦ ash fall ♦ Ash farming ♦ ash Flat ♦ ash Fork ♦ ash gray ♦ ash grey ♦ ash Grove ♦ ash layer ♦ ash monday ♦ ash pan ♦ ash tray ♦ ash tree ♦ ash wagon ♦ ash wednesday ♦ ash wood ♦ basket ash ♦ black ash ♦ blue Ash ♦ bone ash ♦ brown ash ♦ burning ash ♦ cementitious fly ash ♦ class C fly ash ♦ common European ash ♦ downy ash ♦ european ash ♦ european mountain ash ♦ flowering ash ♦ fly ash ♦ green ash ♦ Ground ash ♦ hoop ash ♦ manna ash ♦ mountain ash ♦ Oregon ash ♦ poison ash ♦ prickly ash ♦ pulverised fuel ash ♦ pulverised fuel firing with dry ash removal ♦ pulverised fuel firing with slagging ash removal ♦ pumpkin ash ♦ red ash ♦ sea ash ♦ silver ash ♦ soda ash ♦ swamp ash ♦ to ash ♦ Trumpet ash ♦ ultramarine ash ♦ volcanic ash ♦ vulcanic ash cloud ♦ Western mountain ash ♦ white ash ♦ white mountain ash ♦ zinc ash. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "ash": ash-blond, ash-blonde, ash-blue, ash-box, ash-brown, ash-can, ash-cold, Ash-colored, ash-coloured, ash-covered, ash-dull, ash-fall, ash-filled, Ash-fire, Ash-furnace, ash-gold, ash-grained, ash-gray, ash-grey, ash-handled, ash-heap, ash-key, ash-laden, ash-leaved maple, Ash-leaved walnut, ash-like, ash-lilac, Ash-oven, ash-pan, ash-pile, ash-pit, ash-pits, ash-pot, Ash-shar, Ash-sharqat, Ash-shirawi, ash-shoura, Ash-shura, ash-stained, ash-stand, ash-strapped, ash-tray, ash-trays, ash-tree, ash-trey, Ash-wednesday, ash-white.
	Ending with "ash": Flintcomb-ash, fly-ash.
	Containing "ash": bone-ash cup, mountain-ash sugar.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ash

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
sam ash	1,363	fly ash	68
ash	935	angelas ash sequel	66
from autumn to ash	454	mountain ash tree	62
ash tree	320	sam ash music store	58
ash and misty	286	ash autum from	58
sam ash music	251	ash az fork	56
angelas ash	212	ash borer emerald	53
ash autumn from lyrics	197	bash on ash	52
danni ash	170	ash hentai misty	51
soda ash	170	green ash	49
wishbone ash	111	ash having misty sex	49
ash wednesday	111	ash pokemon	48
ash tray	96	white ash wood baseball bat	47
ash ketchum	82	ash baseball bat white	45
ash misty love	81	ash autumn from tab	45
blue ash ohio	73	green ash tree	45
mary kay ash	73	ash kissing misty	44
mountain ash	71	ash flat arkansas	44
dragon ash	70	relative ash	42
galerians ash	68
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Ash

Language		Translations for "ash"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		as (as, cinder, how, if, like, provided, provided that, such, such as, than, what, when). (various references)

Albanian		zbehtësi (dimness, paleness, pallor), hi (calyces, calyx, cinders, dejection), frashër (ash-tree). (various references)

Arabic		‏خشب الدردار (elm), ‏رماد بركاني, ‏رماد (cinder, dust, powder), ‏شحوب (paleness, pallidness, pallor, sallowness, sickliness, wanness, whiteness), ‏شجر الدردار. (various references)

Bulgarian		ясен (articulate, ash-tree, bright, clean-cut, clear, coherent, crystal, distinct, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, matter of course, neat, obvious, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, readable, robust, serene, sharp, silver, silvery, Square, straight, straightaway, straightforward, tangible, transparent, unambiguous, unshadowed, vivid), прах на мъртвец (ashes), пепел (ashes, cinder, dejection). (various references)

Chinese		灰 (gray). (various references)

Czech		popel (ashes, cinders), jasan. (various references)

Danish		aske (cinder), ask (common ash, European ash). (various references)

Dutch		as (arbor, axis, axle, cinder, shaft, spindle), es (ash-tree, Expert System, id, Kingdom of Spain, Spain). (various references)

Esperanto		frakseno, cindro (cinder). (various references)

Faeroese		ask, øska (cinder). (various references)

Farsi		خاکسترافشاندن یاریختن , خاکستر (Cinder, Slag), بقایای جسدانسان پس ازمرگ . (various references)

Finnish		tuhka (ashes, cinder). (various references)

French		cendre, frêne (ash-tree). (various references)

Frisian		jiske (cinder), eskebeam, esk. (various references)

German		Asche (ashes, cinder, cinders, ember, ruins, slag), Esche (ash tree, ash-tree). (various references)

Greek		στάχτη (blight, cinder, cinders), μελιά (ash tree), φράξος (ash-tree). (various references)

Hebrew		אפר (dust, nothingness). (various references)

Hungarian		hamu (cinder). (various references)

Icelandic		aska (cinder). (various references)

Indonesian		abu (dust). (various references)

Irish		luaith (cinder), fuinseog. (various references)

Italian		frassino (ash-tree), cenere (ashes, cinder, cinders). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		灰. (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かいぶん (circular, palindrome, scandal, strange rumor), かいじん (complete destruction, embers, mysterious person, Neptune, Poseidon, sea god), はい (actor, arrangement, disposition, distribution, lung, put on, wear, worship), とねりこ. (various references)

Korean		재 (Ashes, RE, Re-). (various references)

Malay		abu (cinder). (various references)

Manx		unjin (ash tree), potash (potash), cray (clay, pipe clay). (various references)

Mohawk		kaneron (white ash tree), ehsa (black ash tree). (various references)

Norwegian		askebeger (ashtray, ash-tray). (various references)

Papiamen		shinishi (cinder, grey). (various references)

Pig Latin		ashay.(various references)

Portuguese		cinza (ashes, cinder, gray, grey, scobs), freixo (ash-tree, common ash, European ash). (various references)

Romanian		scrum (ashes), pulbere (dust, Mold, mould), frasin, cenuşã (ashes, cinder, cinders). (various references)

Russian		зола;пепел;ясень, зола (cinder, kelp), прах (ashes, clod, dust), пепел (cinder). (various references)

Scottish		uinnseann (ash tree). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pepeo (ashes, cinders), jasenovo drvo, jasen (ash-tree). (various references)

Spanish		fresno (ash-tree), ceniza (calx, cinder). (various references)

Sranan		asisi (cinder). (various references)

Swedish		aska (ashes, cinder, cinders, dust), ask (box, case, pack). (various references)

Tagalog		abó (cinder). (various references)

Thai		เถ้าถ่าน, สีเทาๆ. (various references)

Turkish		kül (ashes, cinder, cinders). (various references)

Turkmen		kцrьk (ash-pit (of a furnace), bellows). (various references)

Ukrainian		ясен, вулканічна лава, зола (cinder), попіл (calx, cinder), попелястий колір. (various references)

Vietnamese		đốt sạch tiêu tan. (various references)

Welsh		onnen, lludu (ashes). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Ash

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	cinis, fraxinus, fraxinus spp., spodium. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Ash

Language	Date	Source	Isaiah Chapter 44, Verse 14
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	O ekoyen xulon ek tou drumou o efuteusen kurioV kai uetoV emhkunen
Latin	405	Vulgate	Succidit cedros tulit ilicem et quercum quae steterat inter ligna saltus plantavit pinum quam pluvia nutrivit
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	He heey doun the cedris, and toc the kesteyn tree, and the oek, that hadde stonde among the trees of the wilde wode; he plauntede the pyne tree, that with rein he nurshede,
Jacobean English	1611	King James	He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	He heweth down cedars for himself, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	He has cedars cut down for himself, he takes an oak and lets it get strong among the trees of the wood; he has an ash-tree planted, and the rain gives it growth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Ash

Language	Isaiah Chapter 44, Verse 14
Cebuano	Siya nagaputol kaniya ug mga cedro, ug nagakuha sa encina ug alcornoque, ug nagapalig-on alang sa iyang kaugalingon usa sa mga kahoy sa lasang: siya nagatanum ug kahoy nga haya, ug ang ulan nagapatubo niini.
Croatian	Bijaše sebi nasjekao cedre, uzeo èempres ili hrast koje je za se njegovao meðu šumskim drveæem; ili je posadio bor koji raste od kiše.
Danish	Han fældede sig Cedre, tog Elm og Eg og arbejdede af al sin Kraft på Skovens Træer, som Gud havde plantet og Regnen givet Vækst.
Dutch	Als hij zich cederen afhouwt, zo neemt hij een cypressenboom of een eik, en hij versterkt zich onder de bomen des wouds; hij plant een olmboom, en de regen maakt dien groot.
Finnish	Hän hakkaa itselleen setripuita, hän ottaa rautatammen ja tammen ja kasvattaa ne itselleen vahvoiksi metsän puitten seassa, istuttaa lehtikuusen, ja sade kasvattaa sen suureksi.
French	Il se coupe des cèdres, Il prend des rouvres et des chênes, Et fait un choix parmi les arbres de la forêt; Il plante des pins, Et la pluie les fait croître.
German	Er geht frisch daran unter den Bäumen im Walde, daß er Zedern abhaue und nehme Buchen und Eichen; ja, eine Zeder, die gepflanzt und die vom Regen erwachsen ist
Haitian Creole	Li ka koupe yon pye sèd. Li ka chwazi yon pye chenn, osinon yon pye kajou nan rakbwa a. Li ka plante yon pye pichpen epi li tann pou lapli fè l' grandi.
Hungarian	Czédrusfát vág magának, tölgy- és cserfát hoz, és válogat az erdõ fáiban, fenyõt plántál, a melyet az esõ fölnevel.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Barangkali kayu yang dipakainya berasal dari pohon cemara, pohon eru atau pohon terpentin yang ditebangnya di hutan. Mungkin juga ia menanam pohon salam lalu menunggu sampai hujan membuatnya tumbuh.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka ditebangnya akan dirinya sebatang pohon araz, atau diambilnya akan pohon saru atau pohon jati, atau dipilihnya di antara segala pohon kayu di hutan akan yang keras kayunya, atau ditanamnya pohon nagr sebatang, maka hujanpun menumbuhkan dia.
Italian	Egli si taglia cedri, prende un cipresso o una quercia che lascia crescere robusta nella selva; pianta un frassino che la pioggia farà crescere.
Maori	Tuaina ana e ia he hita mana, tikina ana e ia te kaiperi, me te oki, a whakapakaritia ana e ia mana tetahi i roto i nga rakau o te ngahere; whakatokia ana e ia te ahe hei whakatupu ma te ua.
Norwegian	En gir sig til å felle sedrer, og han tar stenek og ek og velger sig ut et blandt skogens trær; han planter en furu, og regnet får den til å vokse.
Portuguese	Um homem corta para si cedros, ou toma um cipreste, ou um carvalho; assim escolhe dentre as árvores do bosque; planta uma faia, e a chuva a faz crescer.
Rumanian	Kwi taie cedri, goruni wi stejari, pe cari wi -i alege dintre copacii din pqdure. Sqdewte brazi, wi ploaia ki face sq creascq.
Russian	пО ТХВЙФ УЕВЕ ЛЕДТЩ, ВЕТЕФ УПУОХ Й ДХВ, ЛПФПТЩЕ ЧЩВЕТЕФ НЕЦДХ ДЕТЕЧШСНЙ Ч МЕУХ, УБДЙФ СУЕОШ, Б ДПЦДШ ЧПЪТБЭБЕФ ЕЗП.
Spanish	Corta cedros para sí; escoge una conífera o un roble y lo deja crecer entre los árboles del bosque. Planta un pino, y la lluvia lo hace crecer.
Swedish	Man fäller åt sig cedrar; man tager plantor av stenek och vanlig ek och uppdrager dem åt sig bland skogens träd; man planterar åt sig lärkträd, och regnet giver dem växt.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Ash

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ash": ashamed, ashamedly, ashcan, ashcans, ashed, ashen, ashes, ashfall, ashfalls, ashier, ashiest, ashiness, ashinesses, ashing, ashlar, ashlared, ashlaring, ashlars, ashler, ashlered, ashlering, ashlers, ashless, ashman, ashmen, ashore, ashplant, ashplants, ashram, ashrams, ashtray, ashtrays, ashy. (additional references)
	Words ending with "ash": abash, antibacklash, awash, backlash, backslash, backsplash, backwash, balderdash, bash, brainwash, brash, calabash, calash, calipash, carwash, cash, clash, crash, dash, deash, downwash, encash, eyelash, eyewash, fash, flash, flatwash, gash, gnash, goulash, hash, hogwash, kurbash, lash, leash, mash, midrash, mishmash, mouthwash, multiflash, musquash, noncash, outwash, overrash, pash, pearlash, photoflash, plash, postcrash, potash, precrash. (additional references)
	Words containing "ash": abashed, abashes, abashing, abashment, abashments, antifashion, antifashionable, antifashions, backlashed, backlasher, backlashers, backlashes, backlashing, backslashes, backsplashes, backwashed, backwashes, backwashing, balderdashes, bashaw, bashaws, bashed, basher, bashers, bashes, bashful, bashfully, bashfulness, bashfulnesses, bashing, bashlyk, bashlyks, brainwashed, brainwasher, brainwashers, brainwashes, brainwashing, brainwashings, brasher, brashes, brashest, brashier, brashiest, brashly, brashness, brashnesses, brashy, calabashes, calashes, calipashes, carwashes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ash" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aaahh, aah, Aaha, aahe, aahh, aash, abh, acgh, Achh, Acmh, Aesch, Afshr, agh, ahc, Ahf, ahh, ahst, Ahu, Aih, ajh, Akh, Akhu, amh, anh, anshe, Aoh, aph, Arh, arsh, asah, asc, Asch, asf, asg, asha, ashd, ashe, ashi, Asho, Ashou, asi, asn, aso, asph, asq, Assc, asth, asu, asv, asw, asx, asy, ath, auh, aush, axh, aysh, Aysha, aza, Azha, azl, azm, azs, azz, eehh, eesh, esh, esth, Iahs, Icsh, isshu, jash, kash, kasih, osh, saah, sabh, saeh, sah, sahk, sahl, sahn, Saho, Sahr, saht, sahu, Samh, saph, sh, shh, Uahs, ush, vash. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Ash"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "ash" (pronounced a"sh)
2	a" sh	abash, bash, brash, cache, cash, clash, crash, dash, flash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, noncash, pash, precrash, rash, rehash, sash, slash, smash, splash, stash, thrash, trash.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Ash

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: has, sha.
	Words within the letters "a-h-s"
	-1 letter: ah, as, ha, sh.
	Words containing the letters "a-h-s"
	+1 letter: aahs, ashy, bash, cash, dahs, dash, fash, gash, haes, hags, hahs, hams, haps, hash, hasp, hast, hats, haws, hays, lash, mash, pash, rash, sash, shad, shag, shah, sham, shaw, shay, shea, wash.
	+2 letters: abash, aches, aghas, amahs, ankhs, aphis, apish, ashed, ashen, ashes, awash, ayahs, bahts, baths, blahs, brash, caphs, chads, chams, chaos, chaps, chars, chase, chasm, chats, chaws, chays, chias, clash, crash, dahls, dashi, dashy, deash, dhaks, dhals, ephas, flash, ghast, ghats, gnash, haafs, haars, habus, hacks, hades, hadst, haems, haets, hafis, hafts, hahas, haiks, hails, hairs, hajes, hajis, hakes, hales, halls, halms, halos, halts, hames, hands, hangs, hanks, hansa, hanse, hants, hards, hares, harks, harls, harms, harps, harsh, harts, hasps, haste, hasty, hates, hauls, haves, hawks, hawse, hazes, heads, heals, heaps, hears, heats, hoars, horas, hosta, hoyas, hulas, hylas, kaphs, kasha, khafs, khans, khats, lakhs, laths, leash, machs, marsh, mashy, maths, oaths, ohias, opahs, pasha, paths, phase, plash, pshaw, quash, rheas, sadhe, sadhu, sahib, saith, sangh, sauch, saugh, schav, schwa, selah, shack, shade, shads, shady, shaft, shags, shahs, shake, shako, shaky, shale, shall, shalt, shaly, shame, shams, shank, shape, shard, share, shark, sharn, sharp, shaul, shave, shawl, shawm, shawn, shaws, shays, sheaf, sheal, shear, sheas, shiva, shoal, shoat, slash, smash, snash, snath, spahi, staph, stash, subah, surah, swash, swath, tachs, tahrs, thaws, trash, washy, whams, whaps, whats, wisha.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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"Ash" by Attila Bujtas Commentary: "No comment."	"Ash" by John Philip Commentary: "Grey domestic cat close up."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Definition: Ash

Ash

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Æ

As (god)

Ash

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