Ashes

//ˈæʃ.ɪz// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
plural of ash form-of, plural

Verb

1
third-person singular simple present indicative of ash form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Proper Noun

1
plural of Ash form-of, plural
2
the Ashes attributive
"The superlatives have been 'wrung dry to describe' that tumultuous heart-warming welcome in Sydney and beyond, the kind of picture we needed to stir us from such melancholy contemplations as our cricketers' fall from Ashes glory in the West Indies."

Synonyms

ash body bones brand cadaver calx

Antonyms

Example

"Our school was reduced to ashes."

Related phrases

rise from the ashes

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