ash wednesday

1. 1.

   the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance

   BroaderChristian holy day

   Part ofLent

Questions about ash wednesday

What does ash wednesday mean?

ash wednesday means "the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance".

Is ash wednesday a common word?

ash wednesday is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.