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fly ash

noun

fine particles of ash of a solid fuel carried out of the flue of a furnace with the waste gases produced during combustion.
such ash recovered from the waste gases, used chiefly as a reinforcing agent in the manufacture of bricks, concrete, etc.

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Words nearby fly ash

fluxion, fluxionary hyperemia, fluxmeter, fly, fly agaric, fly ash, fly at, fly ball, fly blind, fly blister, fly block

Origin of fly ash

First recorded in 1930–35
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British Dictionary definitions for fly ash

fly ash

noun

fine solid particles of ash carried into the air during combustion, esp the combustion of pulverized fuel in power stations
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