Ash
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Ash may refer to:
Products of incineration
The solid remains of fires, such as:
- Ash (analytical chemistry), the compounds that remain after a scientific sample is burned; commonly reported as a percentage on pet food labels
- Bottom ash, products of coal combustion
- Cigar ash, the ash produced when a cigar is smoked
- Fly ash, product of coal combustion
- Incinerator bottom ash, a form of ash produced in incinerators
- Vibhuti, ash used in Hindu rituals
- Wood ash, products of wood combustion
- Ashes or remains, dried bone fragments left from cremation
Trees and shrubs
- Fraxinus, genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family
- Australian Mountain Ash, common name for Eucalyptus regnans
- Zanthoxylum (Prickly ash), genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family, Rutaceae
- Sorbus, genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae
- Sorbus aucuparia, also known as European mountain ash
Linguistics
- Æ, a letter used in Old English texts
- Near-open front unrounded vowel, the vowel sound represented by the æ symbol
- Æsc (rune) (ᚨ), a letter in some runic scripts and a continuation of the Elder Fuþark ansuz
- ash, ISO 693-3 code for the Tequiraca language
People
- Ash (name) various people
- Ash (artist) (born 1968), French graffiti artist
- Ash, the professional name of independent filmmaker Ash Baron-Cohen (born 1967)
- Ash Carter (born 1954), American physicist, Harvard University professor, and United States Secretary of Defense
Books
- Ash, novel by James Herbert
- Ash (Lo novel), a 2009 LGBTQ young adult novel by Malinda Lo
- Ash: A Secret History, a 2000 fantasy novel by Mary Gentle
- ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat, a 2007 video game
- Ash (comics), Comic book about a superhero firefighter
Film and TV
- Ash (Alien), the android antagonist in the film Alien (1979)
- Ash Crimson, a character in The King of Fighters series
- Ash Ketchum, the protagonist from the Pokémon animated series
- Ash Williams, the protagonist from the Evil Dead series
Music and dance
- Ash (band), a rock band from Northern Ireland
- Ash (ballet), by Peter Martins (1991)
Organizations and schools
- Action on Smoking and Health, an anti-smoking charity
- American School of The Hague, a school in the Netherlands
- American Society of Hematology, an American professional organization
- A.s.h, abbreviation for Alt.suicide.holiday, a Usenet newsgroup
Places
United Kingdom
- Ash, Derbyshire, England
- Ash, Devon, England
- Ash, Dover, Kent, England
- Ash (near Salway), Dorset, England
- Ash (near Stourpaine), Dorset, England
- Ash (near Taunton), Somerset, England
- Ash, Oxfordshire, England
- Ash, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
- Parish Ash-cum-Ridley
- Ash, South Somerset, England
- Ash, Surrey, England
- Ash, Braunton, a historic estate listed in the Domesday Book
- Ash, Musbury, a historic estate
United States
- Ash, California in Madera County, California
- Atascadero State Hospital in Central California
- Ash, Oregon in Douglas County, Oregon
- Ash, West Virginia
- Ash, North Carolina, Brunswick County, North Carolina
- Ash, Texas
Transport
- ASH, National Rail code for Ash railway station, in Surrey, England
- ASH, station code for Ashburton railway station, Melbourne, Australia
- ASH, ICAO code for Mesa Airlines
- ASH, IATA code for Nashua Municipal Airport
Science and technology
- Almquist shell, a command-line interface for computers
- Plasma ashing, a process in semiconductor manufacturing
- Potash, a common name for potassium carbonate
- Soda ash, a common name for sodium carbonate
- Volcanic ash, material ejected from the top of a volcano
Other meanings
- Āsh, in Persian cuisine, a dish that is similar to soup but thicker, which is usually served hot
- Ash (deity), the ancient Egyptian god of oases
- AA-5 Ash, NATO reporting name for the Bisnovat (later Molniya) R-4, an early Soviet long-range air-to-air missile
- Ash Wednesday, Christian religious holiday
- Ash Thursday, Icelandic volcanic events in 2010
See also
- Ash Mountain (disambiguation), several mountains by this name in Canada and the USA
- Ashe (disambiguation)
- Ashes (disambiguation)
- Ashley (disambiguation)
- Cinereous, consisting of ashes, ash-coloured or ash-like
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