"Ashes" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: En-au-the Ashes.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun form}} Ashes
  1. plural of Ash Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Ash
    Sense id: en-Ashes-en-name-TjfpMqmc
  2. (attributively) the Ashes Tags: attributive Categories (topical): Cricket Related terms: the Ashes
    Sense id: en-Ashes-en-name-~iVc5j5I Disambiguation of Cricket: 3 97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 93

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