Meanings
adjectiveashlike (comparative more ashlike, superlative most ashlike)
comparative more ashlike · superlative most ashlike
- Resembling or characteristic of ash.
John Wathen, an environmental advocate, flew over the site Friday and said that Widows Creek was inundated with an ashlike substance and that a "mix line" was visible where it met the clearer water of the river.
2009 January 10, Shaila Dewan, “Waste Spills at Another T.V.A. Power Plant”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*askǭ
- Proto-West Germanic*askā
- Old Englishæsce
- Middle Englishasche
- Englishash
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishashlike
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APA
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MLA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ashlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ashlike.
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