ash

1. 1.

   convert into ashes

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Other forms of ash

plural

ashes

past tense

ashed·

present participle

ashing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ash

What does ash mean?

ash means "the residue that remains when something is burned". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ash?

ash has 1 syllable: ash. In IPA it is /ˈæʃ/.

What is another word for ash?

Close synonyms include ash tree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ash a common word?

ash is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ash?

2 words rhyme with ash. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.