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{
"term": "ash",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"image": "data/images/tr/trees_deciduous.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the grey or black powder that is left after something, especially tobacco, wood or coal, has burnt",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "cigarette ash"
},
{
"text": "black volcanic ash"
},
{
"text": "Ash from the volcano fell over a wide area."
},
{
"text": "She flicked ash out of the window carelessly."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["glowing", "hot", "red-hot"],
"… of ash": ["cloud"],
"verb + ash": ["flick", "tap", "reduce something to"],
"ash + verb": ["fall"],
"phrases": ["rise from the ashes"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "what is left after something has been destroyed by burning",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The town was reduced to ashes in the fighting."
},
{
"text": "the glowing ashes of the campfire"
},
{
"text": "The fire had died to cold ashes."
},
{
"text": "The party had risen, like a phoenix, from the ashes of electoral disaster."
},
{
"text": "She had seen all her dreams turn to ashes."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["glowing", "hot", "red-hot"],
"… of ash": ["cloud"],
"verb + ash": ["flick", "tap", "reduce something to"],
"ash + verb": ["fall"],
"phrases": ["rise from the ashes"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the powder that is left after a dead person’s body has been cremated (= burned)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She wanted her ashes to be scattered at sea."
}
],
"topics": ["Life stages"],
"collocations": {
"verb + ashes": ["scatter", "spread", "bury"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a forest tree with grey bark",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Plants and trees"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the hard pale wood of the ash tree",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "the letter æ, used in Old English, and as a phonetic symbol to represent the vowel sound in cat",
"labels": "(specialist)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to behave in a way that shows that you are sorry for something that you have done",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/æʃ/",
"audio": "as/ash/ash__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/æʃ/",
"audio": "as/ash/ash__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "senses 1 to 3 Old English æsce, aexe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch as and German Asche.senses 4 to 5 Old English æsc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch es and German Esche."
}