Ash facts for kids

The term Ash can have different meanings:

• What remains after a fire. Those things are called debris, and remain after incineration.
• Volcanic ash, the material ejected by a volcano.
• Fly ash and bottom ash. What remains after burning coal.

• Ash trees are trees generally of the genus Fraxinus.
• European Ash is a species of ash tree
• Mountain Ash is another tree, generally not in that genus.

• Various place-names in the United Kingdom or the United States.
• A surname, see Ash (surname).
• Ash Wednesday, a special day for many Christians.
• The letter Æ (capital) / æ (lower case).
• The alternative rock band Ash (band) from Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.

Images for kids

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  Wood ash