Oak vs. Ash

Oaknoun

(countable) A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.

Oaknoun

(uncountable) The wood of the oak.

Oaknoun

A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.

Oaknoun

Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.

Oaknoun

Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.

Oaknoun

The she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae

Oaknoun

Lagunaria, white oak, in family Malvaceae

Oaknoun

Various species called silky oak, in family Proteaceae

Oaknoun

Toxicodendron, poison oak, in family Anacardiaceae

Oaknoun

Various tanbark oak or stone oak species in family Fagaceae, genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus.

Oaknoun

The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase "to sport one's oak").

Oaknoun

(wine) The flavor of oak.

Oakadjective

having a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.

Oakadjective

made of oak wood or timber

Oakverb

To expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors.

Oaknoun

Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain.

Oaknoun

The strong wood or timber of the oak.

Oaknoun

the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring

Oaknoun

a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves;

Oak

An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (; Latin ) of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks.

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.