ash

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: ash tree

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the residue that remains when something is burned
  2. any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus FraxinusSynonyms: ash tree
  3. strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats

Verb (1)

  1. convert into ashes
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ash \Ash\, n., sing. of Ashes. [1913 Webster]

Note: Ash is rarely used in the singular except in connection with chemical or geological products; as, soda ash, coal which yields a red ash, etc., or as a qualifying or combining word; as, ash bin, ash heap, ash hole, ash pan, ash pit, ash-grey, ash-colored, pearlash, potash. [1913 Webster]

Bone ash, burnt powered; bone earth.

Volcanic ash. See under Ashes. [1913 Webster]

Ash \Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG. asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]

1.(Bot.) 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). [1913 Webster]

Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.

Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain. [1913 Webster]

2.The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree. [1913 Webster]

Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc. [1913 Webster]

Ash \Ash\, v. t. To strew or sprinkle with ashes. --Howell. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

ash

<tool> A Bourne Shell clone by Kenneth Almquist comparable with Bash.

Ash runs under 386BSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux.

FTP Linux version (ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/ports/ash-linux-0.1.tar.gz).

(1995-07-20)

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