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BONE ASH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bone ash mean?
• BONE ASH (noun)
The noun BONE ASH has 1 sense:
1. ash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china
Familiarity information: BONE ASH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("bone ash" is a kind of...):
ash (the residue that remains when something is burned)
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