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Plural of ash

regular plural

The plural of ash is ashes.

Forms of ash

Singularash /ˈæʃ/
Pluralashes /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Ashes in a sentence

  • The family collected the ashes after burning the body.
  • The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet.
  • After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes.From the entry sackcloth
  • Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.From the entry phoenix
  • Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.From the entry scatter

Meaning of ash

  1. noun The solid remains of a fire.
  2. noun The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
  3. noun Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.

Full definition of ash

Questions about the plural of ash

What is the plural of ash?
The plural of ash is ashes.
Is ash countable?
Ash is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ash (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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