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ashfield

/ˈæʃˌfiːld/

ashfield noun: a field that is covered in ash.

Noun

ashfield (plural ashfields)

  1. A field that is covered in ash.
    • The ashfield of ten square miles above Nicolosi, created by the eruption of 1669, which was entirely barren in 1835, is now planted with vines almost to the summits of Mone Rosso, at a height of three thousand feet.1874, George Perkins Marsh, The Earth as Modified by Human Action, page 150
    • Components of oil-shale ash deposited on ashfields, consumed or ejected with exhaust gases.2004, R. Gieré, Peter Stille, Energy, Waste and the Environment: A Geochemical Perspective, page 282

Proper noun capitalized: Ashfield

Ashfield

  1. A local government district in Nottinghamshire.
  2. A small village in Romsey Extra parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3619).
  3. A suburb of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5923).
  4. A hamlet in Oswestry Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3025).
  5. A village in Ashfield cum Thorpe parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, now also known by the parish name (OS grid ref TM2162).
  6. A hamlet by Loch Sween in Knapdale, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR7685).
  7. A hamlet in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN7803).
  8. A small settlement in Llansadwrn community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6928).
  9. A suburb of Sydney in Inner West council area, New South Wales.
  10. A suburb and rural locality in Bundaberg Region, Queensland.
  11. A suburb of Perth in the Town of Bassendean, Western Australia.
  12. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
  13. An unincorporated community in East Penn Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.

Forms of ashfield

pluralashfields

Origin of ashfield

From ash + field.

Words formed from ashfield

Questions about ashfield

What does ashfield mean?
Ashfield means a field that is covered in ash.
What part of speech is ashfield?
Ashfield can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ashfield?
Ashfield is pronounced /ˈæʃˌfiːld/.
What is the plural of ashfield?
The plural of ashfield is ashfields.

Words near ashfield in the dictionary

  1. Asheville
  2. Ashevillean
  3. Ashey
  4. ashfall
  5. ashfalls
  6. ashfield
  7. Ashfield cum Thorpe
  8. Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
  9. ashfields
  10. ashflow
  11. ashflows

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