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1) to burn (a dead person) to ashes (cremate)

2) (of) the colour between black and white, coloured like ashes (grey)

3) a large metal container in which tea or coffee is kept hot; a container used for holding the ashes of a person whose body has been cremated (urn)

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Meaning:
dust

dry powder from soil, waste etc on the surface of objects, blown about by the wind etc

tiny particles in the air

granule

a tiny, hard bit

tiny particles in the air

lava

hot semi-liquid material flowing from a volcano

volcano matter

slag

waste matter remaining when metal has been taken from rock

debris

soot

a black powder in smoke or left after burning coal etc

carbon

ASHES as in Wiktionary
ASHES as in Wikipedia