Definition of ash

• n. - 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).
• n. - The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
• n. - sing. of Ashes.
• v. t. - To strew or sprinkle with ashes.
• n. - 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).
• n. - The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
• n. - sing. of Ashes.
• v. t. - To strew or sprinkle with ashes.