Ashes

1. n. pl. The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
2. n. pl. The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
3. n. pl. Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when “returned to dust” by natural decay.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.