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— meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ash noun The gray powdery residue left after something has burned.
  • cinder noun A small piece of partly burnt coal, wood, or other material left after combustion.
  • drab adj Dull and lacking in colour or interest.
  • fallout noun Radioactive dust and debris that settles after a nuclear explosion.
  • gray adj Having a color between black and white, like the color of clouds or ash.
  • powder noun A dry substance made of fine loose particles.

Senses

灰 is used for these senses in English:

  • ash A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.
  • cinder Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.
  • drab The color of this fabric.
  • fallout The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.
  • gray Of indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality or acceptability.
  • powder The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.

ash — full definition

  1. noun The gray powdery residue left after something has burned.
  2. noun A hardwood tree of the genus Fraxinus, or its pale, tough timber.
  3. noun The remains of a cremated body (usually plural, "ashes").

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