ash in English: The soft grey powder that is left after something burns. (noun)

Translation

The soft grey powder that is left after something burns.

Word origin

From Old English aesce, an old Germanic word for the powder left by fire.

Gender

Pluralashes

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Ash is the grey powder left after burning.

carpet.

"Ash" is usually uncountable.

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"In ashes" means completely burned down.

fire

The hot, bright flames that burn when something is on fire and give heat and light.

smoke

The grey cloud that rises into the air when something burns.

burn

To be on fire, or to hurt or damage something with fire or heat.

grey

A colour between black and white, like a cloud on a rainy day.

cigarette

A thin white tube of tobacco that people light and breathe in.

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