Definition of "ashes" []

• Plural form of ash. (noun)

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• "_Dust and ashes, dust and ashes_, echoes from the gray walls, the mouldering thatch of the _souks_, the long lamentable song of the blind beggars sitting in rows under the feet of the camels and asses."
• "Discuss why the phoenix rising from the ashes is an inspiring image for African-Americans emerging from the slave era in"
• "He emptied the ashes from the stoves, brought up the coal and kindling, and lighted the fires before the most energetic one of them was at his desk."