ash
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 →
2) Ashes can also mean what is left of a person's body after it is burned at a funeral. tree →
3) Volcanic ash is fine rock dust thrown out by a volcano. tree →
4) An ash is a kind of tree with grey bark. tree →
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 →
- Pour water on the ashes before you leave. tree →
- The volcano covered the town in ash. tree →
- We planted an ash tree in the park. tree →
- Burning paper is an irreversible change: you can't get the paper back from the ash. tree →
- Grandad's ashes were scattered at sea. tree →
- Soon he reached the heap of cold ashes. tree →
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.
- If a fossil lies between two ash layers, one 67 and one 65 million years old, the animal lived in between.
- Long ago people made soap by boiling fat with lye from wood ash, a very harsh alkali, so not a kitchen experiment.
- A fire is not out just because the ashes look grey.
- A volcano is an opening in the crust where melted rock, gas and ash escape from inside the Earth.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ash» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.