bone ash

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   ash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china

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Questions about bone ash

What does bone ash mean?

bone ash means "ash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china".

Is bone ash a common word?

bone ash is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.