ASHES | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of ashes in English

ashes

phrase [ plural ] Add to word list Add to word list what is left of something after it has been destroyed by fire, especially what is left of a human body after it has been burned: Her ashes were scattered at sea. Allied bombing left Dresden in ashes in 1945.be reduced to ashes Hundreds of homes were reduced to ashes in last summer's wildfires. The entire contents of the archive was turned into ashes. My mother has gone to collect the ashes of her brother, who died last month. See also ash (POWDER)

the Ashes

phrase [ plural ] a prize which is given to the winner of a series of games of cricket between Australia and England: Australia need to win the fourth test match to retain the Ashes. England had not won the Ashes for over a decade. See also ash (CRICKET) (Definition of ashes from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

ashes | American Dictionary

ashesplural noun us /ˈæʃ·əz/ Add to word list Add to word list the ash left after a dead body has been cremated (= burned): My grandmother’s ashes were scattered over this lake. (Definition of ashes from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of ashes?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 灰燼，廢墟, （尤指人火化後的）骨灰… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 灰烬，废墟, （尤指人火化后的）骨灰… See more in Spanish cenizas… See more in Portuguese cinzas, prêmio concedido ao vencedor de uma série de jogos de críquete entre Austrália e Inglaterra… See more in Turkish in French in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian küller… See more cendres… See more as… See more popel… See more aske… See more abu jenazah… See more อัฐิ… See more tro hoả táng… See more prochy… See more aska, stoft… See more abu mayat… See more die Asche… See more aske… See more попіл… See more Need a translator?

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