Ash
Ash may refer to:
Products of fire, incineration or combustion
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 incineration facilities
- Vibhuti, the ash of cow dung and several other substances, used in Hindu rituals
- Wood ash, products of wood combustion
- Ashes or remains, dried bone fragments left from cremation
Trees and shrubs
- Ash (Fraxinus), genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family
- Australian Mountain Ash, common name for Eucalyptus regnans
- Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum), 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
- Asch or aesc, a letter in some runic scripts
Media and entertainment
- Ash (artist), French graffiti artist
- Ash (ballet), by Peter Martins (1991)
- Ash (band), a rock band from Northern Ireland
- Ash (comics), Comic book about a superhero firefighter
- Ash, the professional name of independent filmmaker Ashley Baron Cohen (born 1967)
- Ash (novel), an LGBTQ young adult novel by Malinda Lo
- ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat, a video game
- Ash, the android antagonist in the film Alien (1979)
- Ash Crimson, a character in The King of Fighters series
- Ash Ketchum, the main protagonist from the Pokémon anime
- Ash Williams, the main protagonist from the Evil Dead series
- Ash, An East London UK Artist (2010-Present)
Organizations and schools
People
- Ash (name)
- Asca, Ashe, Esche, Askir, Askr, Oesc, Aesc, the basis for a class of European names derived from the name of the ash tree used with a mystical or magical significance, as in Ascaric
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
- Ash, South Somerset, England
- Ash, Surrey, England
United States
Transport
Science and technology
- Ash 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
- Ash (Persian food), similar to soup but thicker, which is usually served hot
- 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