Ash
51Ash — The non combustible residue of a combusted substance composed primarily of alkali and metal oxides. *** Impurities consisting of silica, iron, alumina, and other noncombustible matter that are contained in coal. Ash increases the weight of… …
52ash — noun (C, U) 1 the soft grey powder that remains after something has been burnt: cigarette ash | The house burnt to ashes. 2 a very hard wood, or the tree, common in Britain and North America, that produces this 3 ashes (plural) the ash that… …
53Ash — noun a) for someone who lived near ash trees. b) transferred from the surname …
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55ash — [ volcanic ] Unconsolidated, pyroclastic material less than 2 mm in all dimensions. Commonly called volcanic ash. Compare: cinders, lapilli, tephra, volcanic block. SW & KST …
56ash n — Two explorers in Africa were hunting for elephants. They were miles into the Serengeti when they realized they forgot their guns. What do we do now? said one explorer. I have an idea, said the other. First we ll dig out a hole in the ground. Then …
57ash — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY Fine fragments (less than 2 millimeters across) of lava or rock formed in an explosive volcanic eruption. GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS A textural term for volcanic fragments less than 2mm in diameter (Fisher,… …
58ash — ash1 noun 1》 the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance. ↘(ashes) the remains of a human body after cremation or burning. ↘(in chemical analysis) the mineral component of an organic substance (indicated by the residue left… …
59ash — n inorganic residue remaining after ignition of combustible substances, determined by definite prescribed methods. DISCUSSION Ash need not be identical, in composition or quantity, with the inorganic substances present in the material before… …
60Ash — In Egyptian myth a three headed deity lion, snake and vulture of foreign origin. His name occurs only five times in inscriptions from the eleventh to the eighteenth dynasties. In the fifth dynasty Ash is called the God of the Land of Tehennu,… …
