Definitions of Ashes

1. Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when returned to dust by natural decay.

2. The dust or remains of anything burnt: the remains of the human body when burnt ( fig.) a dead body.

3. The remains of what is burned; the remains of a dead body.

4. See ASH1 or ASH2.

5. The dust or matter that remains from a burnt body; the remains of any body reduced to dust.

6. The remains of anything burnt; the remains of a human body burnt on the funeral pyre; a dead body; the dust of the dead.