A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere. / A dustbin. / (US, slang) A kind of large firecracker.

Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.

(medicine) The medical practice of maintaining sterility whenever addressing a wound or performing any kind of surgery, to prevent infection.

to the extent that

The white, powdery ash left when bone is burnt; it is high in calcium phosphate and is used as a fertilizer and in making bone china.

Alternative form of bone ash

industrial-grade sodium carbonate

(postpositive, simile) To a great extent or degree; very.

(architecture) A large cuboid stone; masonry making use of such stone blocks. / A hurling stone used in warfare.

(simile, colloquial) Stark naked; nude; especially, naked in a public setting and without embarrassment.