"ashpit" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From ash + pit.",
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          "text": "I hid my books in the long grass near the ashpit at the end of the garden where nobody ever came and hurried along the canal bank.",
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        "A pit for the disposal of ashes."
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        "a pit between the rails where a steam locomotive can drop its fire at the end of a day's work, before going \"on shed\"."
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        "(rail transport) a pit between the rails where a steam locomotive can drop its fire at the end of a day's work, before going \"on shed\"."
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