Cremation is the act of burning the body until only the ashes are left.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

And he had bone fragments of what they thought-- or,at least,ashes of Marie Antoinette that he had with him in his room all the time.

他拿了他们的骨头碎片,或至少是玛丽·安托瓦内特的骨灰,并把这些一直放在他的房间里

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After the ceremony, the family may keep the ashes in their home.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

Mister Mindon replied. Meysy knocked the ashes from his cigarette.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

The ashes are placed in a container called an urn.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

Meysy knocked the ashes from his cigarette.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

For example, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation lists some dos and don'ts of composting on its Web site: Do add lime, small amounts of wood ashes or crushed eggshells to the compost pile.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

(Choral music) The two European leaders listened to a French army choir sang the Marseillaise and then the German anthem, marking a French-German friendship that grew from the ashes of the two world wars.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11