How to pronounce ash

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What ash means

noun

Most people know ash in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

A kind of tree with tough, pale wood

In a sentence: The old ash beside the barn dropped its winged seeds all over the yard.

Where it comes from: This ash comes from the Old English name for the tree. It is a different word from the ash left by a fire, though the two look and sound the same.

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