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Ash vs. Ashen — What's the Difference?

Ash vs. Ashen — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Ash and Ashen

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Ash

Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ash refers to all non-aqueous, non-gaseous residues that remain after something burns.

Ashen

Consisting of ashes.

Ash

The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance
I turned over the ashes
Cigarette ash

Ashen

Resembling ashes, especially in color; very pale
A face ashen with grief.

Ash

A trophy for the winner of a series of Test matches in a cricket season between England and Australia.
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Ashen

Of, relating to, or made from the wood of the ash tree.

Ash

A tree with compound leaves, winged fruits, and hard pale timber, widely distributed throughout north temperate regions.

Ashen

Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.

Ash

An Old English runic letter, ᚫ, a vowel intermediate between a and e. It is represented in the Roman alphabet by the symbol æ or Æ.

Ashen

Of or resembling ashes.
A fine, ashen dust hung in the air.

Ash

The grayish-white to black powdery residue left when something is burned.

Ashen

Ash-colored; pale; anemic, anaemic; appalled.
His ashen face belied his claims of good health.

Ash

(Geology) Pulverized particulate matter ejected by volcanic eruption.

Ashen

(ambitransitive) To turn into ash; make or become ashy

Ash

The mineral residue of incinerated organic matter, used as an additive in pet foods.

Ashen

(ambitransitive) To make or become pale

Ash

Ashes Ruins
The ashes of a lost culture.

Ashen

Of or pertaining to the ash tree.

Ash

Ashes Bodily remains, especially after cremation or decay.

Ashen

Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.
The ashen hue of age.

Ash

Any of various chiefly deciduous trees of the genus Fraxinus, having opposite, pinnately compound leaves, clusters of small flowers, and one-seeded winged fruits.

Ashen

Obs. pl. for Ashes.

Ash

The strong, elastic wood of any of these trees, used for furniture, tool handles, and sporting goods such as baseball bats.

Ashen

Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion;
A face turned ashen
The invalid's blanched cheeks
Tried to speak with bloodless lips
A face livid with shock
Lips...livid with the hue of death
Lips white with terror
A face white with rage

Ash

(Linguistics) The letter æ in Old English and some modern phonetic alphabets, representing the vowel sound of Modern English ash.

Ashen

Made of wood of the ash tree

Ash

To reduce or convert to ash
Ash a tissue sample for analysis.

Ash

(Informal) To drop ashes from a cigar or cigarette
Accidentally ashed on his own sleeve.

Ash

The solid remains of a fire.
The audience was more captivated by the growing ash at the end of his cigarette than by his words.
Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil.
Ashes from the fire floated over the street.
Ash from the fire floated over the street.

Ash

(chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.

Ash

Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.

Ash

(in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet.

Ash

Mortal remains in general.
Napoleon's ashes are not yet extinguished, and we're breathing in their sparks.

Ash

(figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.

Ash

A gray colour, like that of ash.

Ash

A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
The ash trees are dying off due to emerald ash borer.
The woods planted in ash will see a different mix of species.

Ash

(uncountable) The wood of this tree.

Ash

The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.

Ash

(chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.

Ash

(intransitive) To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.

Ash

(transitive) To hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).

Ash

To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.

Ash

A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).

Ash

The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.

Ash

Sing. of Ashes.

Ash

To strew or sprinkle with ashes.

Ash

The residue that remains when something is burned

Ash

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

Ash

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

Ash

Convert into ashes

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