Ash

Common first name

Ash is a given name, sometimes standing alone and sometimes short for Ashley, Ashton, or similar names.

It gained cultural currency through the protagonist of the Pokémon franchise and the hero of the Evil Dead films.

Ash caught 'em all. (Lowercase ash is the powder left after burning.)

name

Wednesday

Fourth weekday

Ketchum · Bruce Campbell · Williams · Ashton · Ashley · surname · nickname · masculine · character · protagonist

residue

cinder

Combustion residue fragment

  • emberGlowing coal fragment
  • sootCarbon from incomplete burning
  • charcoalBurned wood residue

cremains · dust · powder · slag · clinker · pyre · incineration · fireplace · hearth · ashtray

symbol

mortality

State of eventual death

mourning · purification · sackcloth · penitence · phoenix · rebirth · renewal · destruction · finality · death

tree

hardwood

Dense deciduous timber

firewood · bark · canopy · deciduous · sapling · woodworking · furniture · flooring · handle · dieback

color

grey

Neutral achromatic tone

pallid · muted · neutral · taupe · dove · slate · cement · pewter · platinum · smoky

volcanic

tephra

Ejected volcanic material

  • pumiceLightweight volcanic abrasive
  • PompeiiVolcano-buried Roman city
  • VesuviusItalian volcano, historically destructive

fallout · plume · eruption · pyroclastic · lava · magma · crater · caldera · mudflow · lahar

Categories
Opposites
combustion state

Ashfuel

Energy source material

firewood · kindling · ember · coal · timber

material vitality

Ashgreen wood

Undried, recently felled wood

sapling · seedling · bloom · new growth · vitality

tree species

Ashoak

Quercus genus member

maple · pine · elm · birch · willow

Phrases
Family

ashes, ashen, ashore, ashy, ashcan, ashier, ashlar, ashfall, ashiness

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G