ash pit
Grate's lower chamber
An ash pit is the chamber beneath a fireplace, furnace, or stove where ashes collect after falling through the grate.
In older homes, a small door allows periodic cleanout: He shoveled the ash pit into a metal bucket.
The term also applies to disposal pits for industrial ash or cremation remains.
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- incineratorDevice for burning waste
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- steamshipBoiler-propelled water vessel
smelter · foundry · kiln · stoker · coal · combustion · slag · clinker
Partly burned coal pieces
- charcoalBurned wood residue
- clinkerFused coal residue
- slagIndustrial metalworking byproduct
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
embers · residue · debris · sediment · scoria · dross · remains · powder
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- incineratorDevice for burning waste
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
steamship · smelter · foundry · kiln · stoker · coal · combustion · slag · clinker · hopper
cinders
Partly burned coal pieces
soot · embers · residue · debris · sediment · scoria · dross · remains · powder · dust
embers
Smoldering fire remnants
firebox · hearth · damper · flue · chimney · firewood · kindling · logs · soot · firebrick
shovel
Tool for moving earth
brush · gloves · disposal · removal · emptying · cleaning · scraper · sifting · dumping · hauling
- pits
- ashashfall, cremains, cinder, cinders, ember
- chimneysflue, chimney liner, chimney cap, chimney stack, chimney sweep
- volcano featurescaldera, crater lake, cinder cone, vent, summit crater
- rail yardsswitchyard, marshalling yards, receiving yard, yard crew, yardmaster
- bakerybread, cake, cookie, muffins, donuts
ash pitfirebox
Fuel-burning enclosure
combustion chamber · hearth · coal bunker · furnace · fire grate
pit, ash, ashes, pits, ashen, pitfall, ashy, ashtray, sandpit