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What's The Definition Of Ashes?Synonyms | Synonyms for Ashes: Related Terms | Find terms related to Ashes: ash | body | bones | brand | cadaver | calx | carbon | carcass | carrion | charcoal | cinder | cinders | clay | clinker | clinkers | coal | coke | coom | corpse | corpus delicti | crowbait | dead body | dead man | dead person | decedent | dross | dry bones | dust | earth | embalmed corpse | food for worms | fume | late lamented | lava | mortal remains | mummification | mummy | organic remains | reek | relics | reliquiae | remains | scoria | skeleton | slag | smoke | smudge | smut | soot | stiff | sullage | tenement of clay | the dead | the deceased | the defunct | the departed | the loved one See Also | Ashes In Webster's Dictionary \Ash"es\, n. pl. [OE. asche, aske, AS. asce, [ae]sce, axe;
akin to OHG. asca, G. asche, D. asch, Icel. & Sw. aska, Dan.
aske, Goth. azgo.]
1. The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances
remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
2. Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or
when ``returned to dust'' by natural decay.
Their martyred blood and ashes sow. --Milton.
The coffins were broken open. The ashes were
scattered to the winds. --Macaulay.
3. The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame. --Byron.
{In dust and ashes}, {In sackcloth and ashes}, with humble
expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of
mourning in Eastern lands.
{Volcanic ashes}, or {Volcanic ash}, the loose, earthy
matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by
volcanoes.
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