| Ashes 1. (n. pl.) The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal. 2. (n. pl.) Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when returned to dust by natural decay. 3. (n. pl.) The color of ashes; deathlike paleness. Thesaurus Entries ash, body, bones, brand, cadaver, calx, carbon, carcass, carrion, charcoal, cinder, cinders, clay, clinker, clinkers, coal, coke, coom, corpse, corpus delicti, crowbait, dead body, dead man, dead person, decedent, dross, dry bones, dust, earth, embalmed corpse, food for worms, fume, late lamented, lava, mortal remains, mummification, mummy, organic remains, reek, relics, reliquiae, remains, scoria, skeleton, slag, smoke, smudge, smut, soot, stiff, sullage, tenement of clay, the dead, the deceased, the defunct, the departed, the loved one |