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ash-heaps

ash-heaps is the plural of ash-heap.

Meaning of ash-heap

Noun

ash-heap (plural ash-heaps)

  1. A heap of ashes.
  2. A collection of ashes and household waste.
  3. (figuratively) A state of ruin.
    • In 1980, when I was 10 years old, Jimmy Carter was going to leave our country on an ash-heap.

Questions about ash-heaps

What is ash-heaps the plural of?
Ash-heaps is the plural of ash-heap.

Words near ash-heaps in the dictionary

  1. ash-grey
  2. ash-greys
  3. ash-heap
  4. ash-heap-cake
  5. ash-heap-cakes
  6. ash-heaps
  7. ash-hole
  8. ash-holes
  9. ash-hopper
  10. ash-hoppers
  11. ash-leaf

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