Ashfield
//ˈæʃˌfiːld// name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A field that is covered in ash.
"The ashfield of ten square miles above Nicolosi, created by the eruption of 1669, which was entirely barren in 1835, is now planted with vines almost to the summits of Mone Rosso, at a height of three thousand feet."
Proper Noun
- 1 A place in England:; A local government district in Nottinghamshire.
- 2 A place in England:; A small village in Romsey Extra parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3619).
- 3 A place in England:; A suburb of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5923).
- 4 A place in England:; A hamlet in Oswestry Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3025).
- 5 A place in England:; A village in Ashfield cum Thorpe parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, now also known by the parish name (OS grid ref TM2162).
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- 6 A hamlet by Loch Sween in Knapdale, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR7685).
- 7 A hamlet in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN7803).
- 8 A small settlement in Llansadwrn community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6928).
- 9 A place in Australia:; A suburb of Sydney in Inner West council area, New South Wales.
- 10 A place in Australia:; A suburb and rural locality in Bundaberg Region, Queensland.
- 11 A place in Australia:; A suburb of Perth in the Town of Bassendean, Western Australia.
- 12 A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.
- 13 An unincorporated community in East Penn Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Example
More examples"The ashfield of ten square miles above Nicolosi, created by the eruption of 1669, which was entirely barren in 1835, is now planted with vines almost to the summits of Mone Rosso, at a height of three thousand feet."
Etymology
From ash + field.
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