ash heap
nounDefinition of ash heap
: a pile or mound of ashes and other waste
—often used figuratively And the hallowed notion that banks should operate in secrecy … should be tossed on the ash heap of financial history.— L. J. Davis, Harper’s, June 1991… relegating the old-fashioned station break to the same television ash heap as the variety show, the “Please Stand By” sign and the teatime movie.— Bill Carter, New York Times, 21 Mar. 1993
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