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ash pit

ash pit is the alternative form of ashpit.

Meaning of ashpit

Noun

ashpit (plural ashpits)

  1. A pit for the disposal of ashes.
    • I hid my books in the long grass near the ashpit at the end of the garden where nobody ever came and hurried along the canal bank.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 24
  2. a pit between the rails where a steam locomotive can drop its fire at the end of a day's work, before going "on shed".

Forms of ash pit

pluralash pits

Questions about ash pit

What is ash pit the alternative form of?
Ash pit is the alternative form of ashpit.

Words near ash pit in the dictionary

  1. ash hole
  2. ash holes
  3. Ash Monday
  4. ash pan
  5. ash pans
  6. ash pit
  7. ash pits
  8. ash pumpkin
  9. ash pumpkins
  10. ash quandong
  11. Ash Shariqa

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