noun
1 powder that is left after sth has burned
ADJECTIVE
▪ glowing , hot , red-hot , smouldering/smoldering
▪
the glowing ~es of the dying fire
▪ cold
▪
The fire had died to cold ~es.
▪ fine
▪
Fine ~ covered the hill near the volcano.
▪ grey/gray
▪ cigarette , volcanic , wood
… OF ASH
▪ cloud
▪
A cloud of ~ rose from the volcano.
VERB + ASH
▪ flick , tap (used about cigarette ash)
▪
He flicked ~ into the ashtray.
▪ reduce sth to , turn to ~es
▪
a town reduced to ~es by war
▪
All her dreams had turned to ~es. ( figurative )
ASH + VERB
▪ fall
▪
Ash from the volcano fell over a wide area.
PHRASES
▪ rise from the ~es ( figurative )
▪
The party had risen from the ~es of electoral disaster.
2 ashes remains of a dead body
VERB + ASHES
▪ scatter , spread
▪
His ~es were scattered on his beloved farm.
▪ bury
Ash is used before these nouns: ↑ blonde , ↑ heap
Ash is used after these nouns: ↑ cigar , ↑ cigarette