ash

English Thesaurus

1. any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	tree,
definition	:	a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	fraxinus americana, white ash,
definition	:	spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	fraxinus caroliniana, swamp ash,
definition	:	small ash of swampy areas of southeastern United States (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	flowering ash, fraxinus cuspidata,
definition	:	shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	flowering ash, fraxinus dipetala,
definition	:	shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	common european ash, european ash, fraxinus excelsior,
definition	:	tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	fraxinus latifolia, fraxinus oregona, oregon ash,
definition	:	timber tree of western North America yielding hard light wood; closely related to the red ash (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	basket ash, black ash, brown ash, fraxinus nigra, hoop ash,
definition	:	vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	flowering ash, fraxinus ornus, manna ash,
definition	:	southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	downy ash, fraxinus pennsylvanica, red ash,
definition	:	smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	blue ash, fraxinus quadrangulata,
definition	:	ash of central and southern United States with bluish-green foliage and hard brown wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	fraxinus texensis, mountain ash,
definition	:	low-growing ash of Texas (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	fraxinus tomentosa, pumpkin ash,
definition	:	timber tree of central and southeastern United States having hairy branchlets and a swollen trunk base (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	arizona ash, fraxinus velutina,
definition	:	small shrubby ash of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico (noun.plant)

instance hyponym	:	ygdrasil, yggdrasil,
definition	:	(Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together (noun.person)

part holonym	:	ash-key,
definition	:	winged seed of the ash tree (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	fraxinus, genus fraxinus,
definition	:	ash (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	ash,
definition	:	strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats (noun.plant)

2. strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	wood,
definition	:	the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	ash, ash tree,
definition	:	any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus (noun.plant)

3. the residue that remains when something is burned (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	residue,
definition	:	matter that remains after something has been removed (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	fly ash,
definition	:	fine solid particles of ash that are carried into the air when fuel is combusted (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	bone ash,
definition	:	ash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china (noun.substance)

4. convert into ashes (verb.change)

hypernym	:	alter, change, modify,
definition	:	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change)

5. the residue that remains when something is burned (noun.substance)

derivation	:	ash,
definition	:	convert into ashes (verb.change)

derivation	:	ash-gray, ash-grey, ashy,
definition	:	of a light grey (adj.all)

6. convert into ashes (verb.change)

derivation	:	ash,
definition	:	the residue that remains when something is burned (noun.substance)

7. the residue that remains when something is burned (noun.substance)

derivation	:	ash,
definition	:	convert into ashes (verb.change)

derivation	:	ash-gray, ash-grey, ashy,
definition	:	of a light grey (adj.all)

8. convert into ashes (verb.change)

derivation	:	ash,
definition	:	the residue that remains when something is burned (noun.substance)