Wood ash is best known, found in campfires and fireplaces; the solid remains of fires, residues of complete combustion; dark-colored ashes hold higher concentrates of charcoal. In addition to common wood ash, other types of ashes: cigar ash, cremains — fly ash, incinerator-bottom ash. Funeral pyres generate vibhuti, sacred ash used in rituals. Volcanic ashes plume and disperse during an eruption. Cinereous connotes anything ash-colored or ash-like. Baby blankets turn cinereous inside incinerators. My blinkie flared away pink, before it too turned to ash. Yes, a child may chant — and offer uncertain sacrifices. Good-bye, my childhood: Ashes, ashes; we all fall down. . . . . . Susan Powers Bourne Augmented pick-mix sourced from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash