Alder vs. Ash

Aldernoun

Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.

Aldernoun

A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees.

Alderadjective

Of all; - used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all.

Aldernoun

wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc

Aldernoun

north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the rot-resistant wood

Aldernoun

a widely distributed tree of the birch family which has toothed leaves and bears male catkins and woody female cones.

Alder

Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants, Alnus, belonging to the birch family Betulaceae. The genus comprises about 35 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone with a few species extending into Central America, as well as the northern and southern Andes.

Ashnoun

The solid remains of a fire.

Ashnoun

(chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.

Ashnoun

Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.

Ashnoun

(in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.

Ashnoun

(figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.

Ashnoun

A gray colour, like that of ash.

Ashnoun

A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.

Ashnoun

(uncountable) The wood of this tree.

Ashnoun

The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.

Ashverb

(chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.

Ashverb

To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.

Ashverb

To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.

Ashnoun

A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).

Ashnoun

The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.

Ashnoun

sing. of Ashes.

Ashverb

To strew or sprinkle with ashes.

Ashnoun

the residue that remains when something is burned

Ashnoun

any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

Ashnoun

strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats

Ashverb

convert into ashes

Ashnoun

the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance

Ashnoun

the remains of a human body after cremation or burning

Ashnoun

the mineral component of an organic substance, as assessed from the residue left after burning

Ashnoun

a trophy for the winner of a series of Test matches in a cricket season between England and Australia.

Ashnoun

a tree with compound leaves, winged fruits, and hard pale timber, widely distributed throughout north temperate regions.

Ashnoun

the hard pale wood of the ash tree.

Ashnoun

used in names of trees unrelated to the ash but with similar leaves, e.g. mountain ash.

Ashnoun

an Old English runic letter, ᚫ, a vowel intermediate between a and e. It is represented in the Roman alphabet by the symbol æ or Æ.

Ash

Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ash refers to all non-aqueous, non-gaseous residues that remain after something burns.