ash [ˈæʃ]

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¹ ash noun

• the soft gray powder that remains after something (such as a cigarette or wood) has been completely burned and destroyed by fire
• the burned parts that remain when something is destroyed —often used figuratively
• the remains of a dead human body after it has been burned or cremated

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² ash noun

• a type of tree that grows in northern parts of the world and that has thin gray bark and hard wood
• the hard wood of an ash tree