{
    "term": "ash",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/tr/trees_deciduous.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the grey or black powder that is left after something, especially tobacco, wood or coal, has burnt",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "cigarette ash"
                },
                {
                    "text": "black volcanic ash"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ash from the volcano fell over a wide area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She flicked ash out of the window carelessly."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["glowing", "hot", "red-hot"],
                "… of ash": ["cloud"],
                "verb + ash": ["flick", "tap", "reduce something to"],
                "ash + verb": ["fall"],
                "phrases": ["rise from the ashes"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "what is left after something has been destroyed by burning",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The town was reduced to ashes in the fighting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the glowing ashes of the campfire"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fire had died to cold ashes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party had risen, like a phoenix, from the ashes of electoral disaster."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had seen all her dreams turn to ashes."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["glowing", "hot", "red-hot"],
                "… of ash": ["cloud"],
                "verb + ash": ["flick", "tap", "reduce something to"],
                "ash + verb": ["fall"],
                "phrases": ["rise from the ashes"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the powder that is left after a dead person’s body has been cremated (= burned)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She wanted her ashes to be scattered at sea."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + ashes": ["scatter", "spread", "bury"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a forest tree with grey bark",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Plants and trees"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the hard pale wood of the ash tree",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "the letter æ, used in Old English, and as a phonetic symbol to represent the vowel sound in cat",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to behave in a way that shows that you are sorry for something that you have done",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/æʃ/",
                "audio": "as/ash/ash__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/æʃ/",
                "audio": "as/ash/ash__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "senses 1 to 3 Old English æsce, aexe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch as and German Asche.senses 4 to 5 Old English æsc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch es and German Esche."
}