0 consisting of or like ash (= the soft grey or black powder that is left after a substance has burned):
An estimated 300 firefighters remained missing in the ashy ruins in Lower Manhattan.
An almost featureless, ashy mud coats the island.
In all the houses, a burned, ashy sediment had been piled up around some of the cooking-holes.
If your hair is ashy, a golden colour-depositing shampoo can warm it up, says colourist Giselle.
He came listlessly back to work, with the curious ashy colour of a man who has been sick.
His face was ashy, and his eyes staring, fixed, like those of a blind man or a corpse.
The adult bird has a black back and crown, ashy grey wings, white underparts, yellow legs and red eyes.
Although it shows up more on darker skin, ashy skin can affect people of all ethnicities.
