Ash

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Ash may refer to:

Products of fire, incineration or combustion

The solid remains of fires, such as:

Ash (analytical chemistry), the compounds that remain after a scientific sample is burned; commonly reported as a percentage on pet food labelsBottom ash, products of coal combustionCigar ash, the ash produced when a cigar is smokedFly ash, product of coal combustionIncinerator bottom ash, a form of ash produced in incineration facilitiesVibhuti, the ash of cow dung and several other substances, used in Hindu ritualsWood ash, products of wood combustionAshes or remains, dried bone fragments left from cremation

Trees and shrubs

Ash (Fraxinus), genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac familyAustralian Mountain Ash, common name for Eucalyptus regnansPrickly Ash (Zanthoxylum), genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family, RutaceaeSorbus, genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family RosaceaeSorbus aucuparia, also known as European mountain ash

Linguistics

Æ, a letter used in Old English texts Near-open front unrounded vowel, the vowel sound represented by the æ symbolAsch or aesc, a letter in some runic scripts

Media and entertainment

Ash (artist), French graffiti artistAsh (ballet), by Peter Martins (1991)Ash (band), a rock band from Northern IrelandAsh (comics), Comic book about a superhero firefighterAsh, the professional name of independent filmmaker Ashley Baron Cohen (born 1967)Ash (novel), an LGBTQ young adult novel by Malinda LoASH: Archaic Sealed Heat, a video gameAsh, the android antagonist in the film Alien (1979)Ash Crimson, a character in The King of Fighters seriesAsh Ketchum, the main protagonist from the Pokémon animeAsh Williams, the main protagonist from the Evil Dead series

Organizations and schools

Action on Smoking and Health, an anti-smoking charityAmerican School of The Hague, a school in the NetherlandsAmerican Society of Hematology, an American professional organizationA.s.h, abbreviation for Alt.suicide.holiday, a Usenet newsgroup

People

Ash (name)Asca, Ashe, Esche, Askir, Askr, Oesc, Aesc, the basis for a class of European names derived from the name of the ash tree used with a mystical or magical significance, as in Ascaric

Places

United Kingdom

Ash, Derbyshire, EnglandAsh, Devon, EnglandAsh, Dover, Kent, EnglandAsh (near Salway), Dorset, EnglandAsh (near Stourpaine), Dorset, EnglandAsh (near Taunton), Somerset, EnglandAsh, Oxfordshire, EnglandAsh, Sevenoaks, Kent, England Parish Ash-cum-RidleyAsh, South Somerset, EnglandAsh, Surrey, England

United States

Ash, California in Madera County, CaliforniaAsh, Oregon in Douglas County, OregonAsh, Brunswick County, North Carolina

Transport

ASH, National Rail code for Ash railway station, in Surrey, EnglandASH, station code for Ashburton railway station, Melbourne, AustraliaASH, ICAO code for Mesa AirlinesASH, IATA code for Nashua Municipal Airport

Science and technology

Ash shell, a command-line interface for computersPlasma ashing, a process in semiconductor manufacturingPotash, a common name for potassium carbonateSoda ash, a common name for sodium carbonateVolcanic ash, material ejected from the top of a volcano

Other meanings

Ash (Persian food), similar to soup but thicker, which is usually served hotAA-5 Ash, NATO reporting name for the Bisnovat (later Molniya) R-4, an early Soviet long-range air-to-air missileAsh Wednesday, Christian religious holidayAsh Thursday, Icelandic volcanic events in 2010