ash
What flames leave
The spelling a-s-h represents two words in English.
The more frequent meaning, often used in the plural, is for the residue of burning a solid substance, like the ashes you find in a fireplace.
Someone’s ashes are what remain of their corpse after cremation.
The other meaning of ash is for a genus of trees and other plants found across the Northern hemisphere, occurring in forests and also planted ornamentally.
Partly burned coal pieces
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- charBurn without destroying
- dustFine settled particles
powder · remnants · clinker · slag · charcoal · coals · debris · sediment
Fireplace floor area
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- chimneyVertical smoke passage
- flueChimney's inner passage
- grateFramework of metal bars
poker · firewood · logs · kindling · soot · warmth · cozy · mantelpiece
Erupted liquid stone
- eruptionViolent sudden release
- pumiceLightweight volcanic abrasive
- tephraEjected volcanic material
- pyroclasticHot eruption debris
Pompeii · fallout · plume · crater · magma · Vesuvius · Krakatoa · tuff
Decorative container for ashes
- remainsContinues in place
- cremainsIncinerated bodily remains
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
columbarium · interment · deceased · funeral · remembrance · keepsake · cemetery · mausoleum
Quercus genus member
- mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree
- walnutEdible hard-shelled seed
- birchPale deciduous hardwood
- willowNarrow-leaved waterside tree
poplar · hickory · elm · basswood · cottonwood · samara · hardwood · lumber
Quality of not lasting
- mortalityState of eventual death
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
- LentChristian fasting season
- phoenixSelf-immolating, regenerating bird
rebirth · purification · transience · mourning · sackcloth · fasting · repentance
cinders
Partly burned coal pieces
dust · powder · remnants · clinker · slag · charcoal · coals · debris · sediment · flakes
hearth
Fireplace floor area
grate · poker · firewood · logs · kindling · soot · warmth · cozy · mantelpiece · fireguard
lava
Erupted liquid stone
pyroclastic · Pompeii · fallout · plume · crater · magma · Vesuvius · Krakatoa · tuff · mudflow
urn
Decorative container for ashes
- remainsContinues in place
- cremainsIncinerated bodily remains
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
memorial · columbarium · interment · deceased · funeral · remembrance · keepsake · cemetery · mausoleum · farewell
oak
Quercus genus member
willow · poplar · hickory · elm · basswood · cottonwood · samara · hardwood · lumber · baseball bat
impermanence
Quality of not lasting
phoenix · rebirth · purification · transience · mourning · sackcloth · fasting · repentance
- treesoak, birch, maple, pine, elm
- volcanoesvolcano, volcanic eruption, Mount Fuji, volcanic eruptions, caldera
- campfire safetywater bucket, fire ring, extinguish, douse, smother
- European treesoak, beech, birch, elm, hazel
- firewoodfirewood, kindling, logs, cordwood, split wood
- granular substancessand, sugar, salt, flour, powder
- rise from the ashesRecover after seeming destruction
- bottom ashHeavy incombustible furnace residue
- reduced to ashesBurned until nothing remains
- Ash WednesdayLent's opening day
- ash trayCigarette disposal container
- rising from the ashes
ashes, ashen, ashy, ashtray, ashed, ashcan, potash, ashtrays, ashier