- Main Entry:
- 1ash
- Pronunciation:
-
\ˈash\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Middle English asshe, from Old English æsc; akin to Old High German ask ash, Latin ornus mountain ash
- Date:
- before 12th century
1: any of a genus (Fraxinus) of trees of the olive family with pinnate leaves, thin furrowed bark, and gray branchlets2: the tough elastic wood of an ash3
[Old English æsc, name of the corresponding runic letter]
: the ligature æ used in Old English and some phonetic alphabets to represent a low front vowel \\a\\
