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n. Plural form of ash.

noun-plural. The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.

noun-plural. Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when “returned to dust” by natural decay.

noun-plural. The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.

"_Dust and ashes, dust and ashes_, echoes from the gray walls, the mouldering thatch of the _souks_, the long lamentable song of the blind beggars sitting in rows under the feet of the camels and asses."

in sackcloth and ashes    volcanic ash   

rise from the ashes   

ash   

bashes    caches    cashes    clashes    crashes    dashes    flashes    gashes    hashes    lashes