ash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăsh
ipa: /æʃ/
rhymes: -æʃ
Forms: form: ashes
Etymology: From Middle English asshe, from Old English æsċ, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz (compare West Frisian esk, Dutch es, German Esche, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish ask), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s- (compare Welsh onnen, Latin ornus (“wild mountain ash”), Lithuanian úosis, Russian я́сень (jásenʹ), Albanian ah (“beech”), Ancient Greek ὀξύα (oxúa, “beech”), Old Armenian հացի (hacʻi)).
Senses: examples: text: The ash trees are dying off due to emerald ash borer.
text: The woods planted in ash will see a different mix of species.
synonyms: ash tree
glosses: A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
glosses: Any tree of certain species of other genera.
glosses: The wood of this tree.
related: word: æsc
word: æsh
glosses: The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Fraxinus xanthoxyloides
word: Afghan ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus americana
word: American ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus velutina
word: Arizona ash
word: Ash Fork
word: ash-leaf maple
taxonomic: Acer negundo
word: ash-leaved maple
taxonomic: Fraxinus biltmoreana
word: Biltmore ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus nigra
word: black ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus quadrangulata
word: blue ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus bungeana
word: Bunge's ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus dipetala
word: California ash
taxonomic: Ekebergia capensis
word: Cape ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus caroliniana
word: Carolina ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa
word: Caucasian ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus papillosa
word: Chihuahua ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus chinensis
word: Chinese ash Korean ash
word: Claret ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa
word: claret ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus excelsior
word: common ash
taxonomic: Flindersia australis
word: crow's ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus excelsior
word: European ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus ornus
word: flowering ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus cuspidata
word: fragrant ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus gooddingii
word: Goodding's ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus pennsylvanica
word: green ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus greggii
word: Gregg's ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus griffithii
word: Griffith's ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus floribunda
word: Himalayan manna ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus japonica
word: Japanese ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus sieboldiana
word: Japanese flowering ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus chinensis
word: Korean ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus lowellii
word: Lowell ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus mandschurica
word: Manchurian ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus ornus
word: manna ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus berlandieriana
word: Mexican ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus velutina
word: Modesto ash
taxonomic: Eucalyptus tessellaris
word: Moreton Bay ash
taxonomic: Sorbus spp.
word: mountain ash
word: Mountain Ash
word: narrow-leafed ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus angustifolia
word: narrow-leaf ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus latifolia
word: Oregon ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus pallisiae
word: Pallis' ash
taxonomic: Comocladia dodonaea
word: poison ash
taxonomic: Zanthoxylum spp.
word: prickly ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus profunda
word: pumpkin ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa
word: raywood ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus pennsylvanica
word: red ash
taxonomic: Trichilia dregeana
word: red ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus uhdei
word: Shamel ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus anomala
word: singleleaf ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus spaethiana
word: Späth's ash
word: stinking ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus texensis
word: Texas ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus uhdei
word: tropical ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus dipetala
word: two-petal ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus velutina
word: velvet ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus excelsior
word: weeping ash
taxonomic: Fraxinus americana
word: white ash
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
alt: Podosesia syringae
word: ash borer
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: Ashbrook
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: ash dieback
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: Ash Flat
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: Ashford
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: Ash Fork
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: ash grove
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: ash-leaf
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: Ashleigh
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: Ashley
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: ashling
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: ashplant
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: ash weevil
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: ashwood
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: Barkston Ash
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: clash of the ash
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: Eight Ash Green
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: Five Ashes
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: Four Ashes
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: Knotty Ash
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: Nash
sense: Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)
word: world-ash