1. (n. pl.) The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.

2. (n. pl.) Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when returned to dust by natural decay.

3. (n. pl.) The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.

ash body bones brand cadaver calx carbon carcass carrion charcoal cinder cinders clay clinker clinkers coal coke coom corpse corpus delicti crowbait dead body dead man dead person decedent dross dry bones dust earth embalmed corpse food for worms fume late lamented lava mortal remains mummification mummy organic remains reek relics reliquiae remains scoria skeleton slag smoke smudge smut soot stiff sullage tenement of clay the dead the deceased the defunct the departed the loved one