ashen
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/ˈæʃ.ən/
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/ˈæʃ.ən/ · [ˈæʃ.ən] ~ [ˈæʃ.n̩]
Definition of ashen
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
“An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.”
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adj
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Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
“An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.”
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Of or resembling ashes.
“A fine, ashen dust hung in the air.”
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Ash-colored; pale; anemic
“His ashen face belied his claims of good health.”
- Appalled; upset.
- Anaemic.
verb
- (ambitransitive)To turn into ash; make or become ashy
- (ambitransitive)To make or become pale
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English asshen, aisshen, esscen, from Old English æsċen (“made of ashwood”), equivalent to ash + -en (“made or consisting of”). Cognate with Scots aschin, eschin (“ashen”).
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