Collocations for ash - noun
1. powder that is left after sth has burnt
ADJ.
glowing, hot, red-hot, smouldering
the glowing ashes of the dying fire
the glowing ashes of the dying fire
cold, dead
The fire had died to cold ashes.
The fire had died to cold ashes.
fine
Fine ash covered the hill near the volcano.
Fine ash covered the hill near the volcano.
bonfire, cigarette, coal, volcanic, wood
QUANT.
cloud
A cloud of ash rose from the volcano.
A cloud of ash rose from the volcano.
VERB + ASH
flick, tap (used about cigarette ash)
He flicked ash into the ashtray.
He flicked ash into the ashtray.
reduce sth to, turn to ~es
a village reduced to ashes by war (figurative) All her dreams had turned to ashes.
a village reduced to ashes by war (figurative) All her dreams had turned to ashes.
ASH + VERB
fall
Ash from the volcano fell over a wide area.
Ash from the volcano fell over a wide area.
PHRASES
rise from the ashes
(figurative) The party had risen, like a phoenix, from the ashes of electoral disaster.
(figurative) The party had risen, like a phoenix, from the ashes of electoral disaster.
2. ashes: remains of a dead body
VERB + ASH
scatter
His ashes were scattered on his beloved farm.
His ashes were scattered on his beloved farm.