<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.</li><li>Also called volcanic ash.</li><li>Geology. finely pulverized lava thrown out by a volcano in eruption.</li><li>a light, silvery-gray color.</li><li>ashes, deathlike grayness; extreme pallor suggestive of death.</li><li>ruins, especially the residue of something destroyed; remains; vestiges: the ashes of their love; the ashes of the past.</li><li>mortal remains, especially the physical or corporeal body as liable to decay.</li><li>anything, as an act, gesture, speech, or feeling, that is symbolic of penance, regret, remorse, or the like.</li></ul>