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Ashes
| Main Entry: |
ash(es)
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remains of burning |
| Synonyms: | charcoal, cinders, dust, embers, powder, relics, remains, ruins, slag, soot |
| Main Entry: | ashes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruins |
| Synonyms: | debris, relics, remains, remnants, rubble, vestiges |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corpse |
| Synonyms: | ashes, bones, cadaver, carcass, carrion, clay, corpus delicti, dead body, deceased, dust, relic, remains, stiff* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny particles in the air |
| Synonyms: | ashes, cinders, dirt, dust bunnies, earth, filth, flakes, fragments, gilings, granules, grime, grit, ground, lint, loess, powder, refuse, sand, smut, soil, soot |
| Main Entry: | ruins |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buildings that are dilapidated |
| Synonyms: | ashes, debris, destruction, detritus, foundation, relics, remains, remnants, residue, rubble, traces, vestiges, wreck, wreckage |
| Main Entry: | slag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debris |
| Synonyms: | ashes, cinders, dross, lava, recrement, refuse, residue, scoria |
| Main Entry: | soot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carbon |
| Synonyms: | ash, ashes, grit, gunk, residue, sediment, smoke |
| Main Entry: | vestiges |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remains |
| Synonyms: | ashes, traces |
| Main Entry: | lava |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | volcano matter |
| Synonyms: | ashes, basalt, coulee, magma, obsidian, scoria, slag |
| Notes: | lava is the molten rock from a volcano; it is called magma before it comes out |
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