[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ashes \ash"es\, n. pl. oe. asche, aske, as. asce, aesce, axe;
   akin to ohg. asca, g. asche, d. asch, icel.  sw. aska, dan.
   aske, goth. azgo.
   1. the earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances
      remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
      1913 webster

   2. specifically: the remains of the human body when burnt, or
      when "returned to dust" by natural decay.
      1913 webster

            their martyred blood and ashes sow.   --milton.
      1913 webster

            the coffins were broken open. the ashes were
            scattered to the winds.               --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. the color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
      1913 webster

            the lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame. --byron.
      1913 webster

   in dust and ashes, in sackcloth and ashes, with humble
      expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of
      mourning in eastern lands.

   volcanic ashes, or volcanic ash, the loose, earthy
      matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by
      volcanoes.
      1913 webster
see also:
in dust and ashes in sackcloth and ashes volcanic ashes volcanic ash 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

57 moby thesaurus words for "ashes":
   ash, body, bones, brand, cadaver, calx, carbon, carcass, carrion,
   charcoal, cinder, cinders, clay, clinker, clinkers, coal, coke,
   coom, corpse, corpus delicti, crowbait, dead body, dead man,
   dead person, decedent, dross, dry bones, dust, earth,
   embalmed corpse, food for worms, fume, late lamented, lava,
   mortal remains, mummification, mummy, organic remains, reek,
   relics, reliquiae, remains, scoria, skeleton, slag, smoke, smudge,
   smut, soot, stiff, sullage, tenement of clay, the dead,
   the deceased, the defunct, the departed, the loved one

[3] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

ashes
   the ashes of a red heifer burned entire num. 19:5 when
   sprinkled on the unclean made them ceremonially clean heb.
   9:13.
   
     to cover the head with ashes was a token of self-abhorrence
   and humiliation 2 sam. 13:19; esther 4:3; jer. 6:26, etc..
   
     to feed on ashes isa. 44:20, means to seek that which will
   prove to be vain and unsatisfactory, and hence it denotes the
   unsatisfactory nature of idol-worship. comp. hos. 12:1.
   

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