The 'Ashes' are the ashes of the first bails used in the first cricket test between England and Australia.
a bail of hay and a cricket ball and a cricket bat and dom bradman ashes
They aren't the ashes of a person. The tradition is that it is the ashes of the bails from the wickets of the first Ashes test. The name came from a editorial of a newspaper saying (after an English defeat) that English cricket had died and the ashes sent to Australia.
it was in 1882 and Australia beat England in cricket the Australian team then burnt the bails (not the stumps or ball) to mark the first ever official game and to this day England and Australia compete for the ashes (that's why the wining team holds up an urn as there trophy)
After wood has burnt, you are left with ashes, which are the residue of the wood that did not combust during the burning process. Ashes can be used as a fertilizer, in soap-making, or as a component in construction materials.
Burnt Palm Leaves
Reconstructing anything from ashes is not possible.
Charred. Scorched.
He burnt them and let the ashes fly away
A burnt out piece of coal is called ash.
After the fire was extinguished, all that remained were the ashes of the burnt down house.
burnt wood an ashes an little tiny sparks of fire