convert into ashes

any of various deciduous pinnate- leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats

the residue that remains when something is burned

A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash ( Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash ( F. Americana).

The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.

sing. of Ashes.

To strew or sprinkle with ashes.

A common timber and shade tree belonging to the olive family; the wood of the ash tree; what remains of a substance that is burned.

1. A tree of the genus Fraxinus. 2. What remains after any substance has been burned.

A well- known timber tree.

ASHEN.

A kind of tree.

A tree of the olive family, or its light, tough, elastic wood.

The residue of a substance that has been burnt; usually in the plural.

Remains, as of the dead.

Pertaining to, like, or made of ash.

A well- known forest tree; the wood of the ash- tree.

See Ashes.

A well- known tree.

Made of or pertaining to the ash.

" I say Kemp is a liar," he replied, knocking the ash off his cigar. – The Hampstead Mystery by John R. Watson

It was at the moment of his leave- taking that his eyes were drawn to an ash tray upon the big table. – The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Sax Rohmer

The better kind have ash blades and cane handles, such handles giving a spring which sends a clean drive without giving a jar to the hands. – Entertainments for Home, Church and School by Frederica Seeger

The Marquis knocked the ash off his cigarette. – A Maker of History by E. Phillips Oppenheim

I am going to build my own house on the hill, facing the east, in front of the Ash plantation. – The Measure of a Man by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

I don't know what they are out for; they have nothing to do; they are just playing round an ash barrel. – A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner

However, I found my way to the woodrick, and there got hold of a fine ash stake, cut by myself not long ago. – Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. Blackmore

" Sit down for a moment," suggested Ash – The Front Yard by Constance Fenimore Woolson

I commenced to knock out my pipe in the ash tray; then paused, pipe in hand. – The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer

An average- sized electric fan is placed before the open ash pit door. – If You're Going to Live in the Country by Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley

Our course, the first half hour, was along an obscure wood- road which had been used for drawing ash logs off mountain in winter. – Wake-Robin by John Burroughs

His right hand moved idly over the edge of the table- halted beside an ash tray- closed upon something. – The Bat by Avery Hopwood Mary Roberts Rinehart

W'en he get dar, he sorter dip down, he did, en fling up dirt des lak you see um do in de ash pile. – Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris

Baram Singh explained that after he had gone out with the table- cloth he returned in a few moments with an ash tray, which he placed beside the visitor- sahib. – Witness For The Defence by A.E.W. Mason

I wish he'd throw it in the ash barrel, I know that. – Roy Blakeley by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

The Honorable David rose slowly and snapped the cigar ash into the fire. – The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Francis Lynde

The volatile gases are thus driven off from the wood; what is left is C, and a small quantity of mineral matter which remains as ash when the coal is burned. – An Introduction to Chemical Science by R.P. Williams

Then Katrine rose from the hearth impulsively with a flushed, lovely face and the ash dust on her hair and dress. – A Girl of the Klondike by Victoria Cross