Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ASH
ash, ash tree
(noun) any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
ash
(noun) strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
ash
(noun) the residue that remains when something is burned
ash
(verb) convert into ashes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Ash (countable and uncountable, plural Ashes)
(Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of oases.
A topographic surname for someone who lived near ash trees.
A male given name from surnames.
A diminutive of the female given names Ashley, Ashlee.
A town in Surrey, England, near Aldershot.
A village in Dover district, Kent.
Anagrams
• AHS, Ahs, Hsa., SHA, ahs, has, sha
Etymology 1
Noun
ash (countable and uncountable, plural ashes)
The solid remains of a fire.
(chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
(in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
(figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.
A gray colour, like that of ash.
Synonyms
• (cremation remains): cremains
Verb
ash (third-person singular simple present ashes, present participle ashing, simple past and past participle ashed)
(chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
(intransitive) To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.
(transitive) To hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).
(obsolete, mostly used in the passive) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
Etymology 2
Noun
ash (countable and uncountable, plural ashes)
(countable, uncountable) A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
(uncountable) The wood of this tree.
The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.
Synonyms
• (tree): ash tree
Anagrams
• AHS, Ahs, Hsa., SHA, ahs, has, sha
Source: Wiktionary
Ash, n. Etym: [OE. asch, esh, AS. æsc; akin to OHG. asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana). Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.
– Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.
2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
Ash, n.,
Definition: sing. of Ashes.
Note: Ash is rarely used in the singular except in connection with chemical or geological products; as, soda ash, coal which yields a red ash, etc., or as a qualifying or combining word; as, ash bin, ash heap, ash hole, ash pan, ash pit, ash-grey, ash-colored, pearlash, potash. Bone ash, burnt powered; bone earth.
– Volcanic ash. See under Ashes.
Ash, v. t.
Definition: To strew or sprinkle with ashes. Howell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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