ashes
/ (ˈæʃɪz) /
ruins or remains, as after destruction or burning: the city was left in ashes
the remains of a human body after cremation
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British Dictionary definitions for Ashes (2 of 2)
/ (ˈæʃɪz) /
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
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use ashes in a sentence
Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.
“At one point they were going to perform a burial ceremony with the ashes,” he says.
In the not-so-distant future, an independent country, which belongs to Kurds, will rise from these wants, pains, fire and ashes.
Dear Turkish PM: It’s Time to Act to Save Kobani’s Kurds | Bahman Ghobani | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTashes & Fire, a pleasant, folky, water-treading effort, followed in 2011.
The Oberhausen aquarium erected a memorial of the psychic octopus with a golden urn containing his ashes.
The Amazing Tale of Paul the Psychic Octopus: Germany’s World Cup Soothsayer | Emily Shire | July 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He thrust the Cardinal's mantle into it, and stood over the smouldering cloth, till the whole was consumed to ashes.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThe Seneschal stood with blanched face and gaping mouth, his fire all turned to ashes before the passion of this gaunt man.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniBridgewater, Mass., invaded by the Indian enemy, and 17 buildings laid in ashes.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellHe stirred the smoldering ashes till the broiled fowl began to sizzle afresh.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe boy took a piece of wood and covered it with a paste made of ashes and oil.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton Wade
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