Associations to the word «Ashen»

Wiktionary

ASHEN, adjective. Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
ASHEN, adjective. Of or resembling ashes.
ASHEN, adjective. Ash-colored; pale; anemic.

Dictionary definition

ASHEN, adjective. Anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage".
ASHEN, adjective. Made of wood of the ash tree.

Wise words

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