ashes

/ (ˈæʃɪz) /


pl n
  1. ruins or remains, as after destruction or burning: the city was left in ashes

  2. the remains of a human body after cremation

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British Dictionary definitions for Ashes (2 of 2)

Ashes

/ (ˈæʃɪz) /


pl n
  1. the Ashes a cremated cricket stump in a pottery urn now preserved at Lord's. Victory or defeat in test matches between England and Australia is referred to as winning, losing, or retaining the Ashes

Origin of Ashes

2
from the mock obituary of English cricket in The Times in 1882 after a great Australian victory at the Oval, in which it was said that the body would be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia

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