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# ash

«ash» in Mova's school dictionary: **The grey powder left after something has burned** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (ash, ashes; an ash tree, ash trees)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The grey powder left after something has burned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ash/#m1)

2) Ashes can also mean what is left of a person's body after it is burned at a funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ash/#m2)

3) Volcanic ash is fine rock dust thrown out by a volcano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ash/#m3)

4) An ash is a kind of tree with grey bark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ash/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, burning changes materials for ever and leaves ash behind — an irreversible change. In geography, volcanoes spread ash over wide areas. In fire safety, campfire ashes can stay hot for hours, so put them out with water. Phrases: wood ash, volcanic ash, ash tree, ashes to ashes, cigarette ash.

### examples

- Only ash was left after the campfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ash/#x1)
- Pour water on the ashes before you leave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ash/#x2)
- The volcano covered the town in ash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ash/#x3)
- We planted an ash tree in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ash/#x4)
- Burning paper is an irreversible change: you can't get the paper back from the ash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ash/#x5)
- Grandad's ashes were scattered at sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ash/#x6)
- Soon he reached the heap of cold ashes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ash/#x7)

### note

Uncountable for the powder ("some ash"), plural "ashes" for what is left of a fire or a body. Countable for trees: an ash, ashes. Use "an": an ash tree. Safety: ashes can hide hot embers; never touch them.

### In the corpora

- [Cremation means the body is burned in a crematorium until only ashes are left; the dead person cannot feel anything.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/12/)
- [If a fossil lies between two ash layers, one 67 and one 65 million years old, the animal lived in between.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/276-how-old-is-it-rock-layers-rock-clocks-amber-and-the-long-story-of-life/2/)
- [Long ago people made soap by boiling fat with lye from wood ash, a very harsh alkali, so not a kitchen experiment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/24-soap-and-why-washing-works/7/)
- [A fire is not out just because the ashes look grey.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/2/)
- [A volcano is an opening in the crust where melted rock, gas and ash escape from inside the Earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/46-volcanoes-how-and-where/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ash» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ash/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.