noun
ash
A tree with compound leaves, or its hard wood.
The ash spreads its compound leaves above the garden gate.
Etymology
Old English æsc already named the tree. The same name naturally extends to its timber, linking the living tree and the hard wood obtained from it.
More examples
- The carpenter makes the handle from ash.
- Several ashes line the old country road.
- The storm broke a branch from the ash.
Forms
ash · ashes
Similar words
- hardwood
- A broader wood category rather than this particular tree.