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ashes

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ?sh??z, IPA(key): /?æ?.?z/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?æ?.?z/
  • Hyphenation: ash?es

Noun

ashes

  1. plural of ash

Derived terms

  • rise from the ashes

Verb

ashes

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ash

See also

  • axen

Anagrams

  • Hasse, Sesha, Sheas, hases, he-ass, seahs

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sackcloth

English

Etymology

From Middle English sakcloth, sekcloth, sekclath, sekklath, equivalent to sack +? cloth.

Noun

sackcloth (countable and uncountable, plural sackcloths)

  1. A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
  2. (usually with “and ashes”, also figuratively) Garments worn as an act of penance.
    Synonyms: hairshirt, cilice

Translations

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “sackcloth”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

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