potash

pot·ash

P0476200 (pŏt′ăsh′)n.1. See potassium carbonate.2. See potassium hydroxide.3. Any of several compounds containing potassium, especially soluble compounds such as potassium oxide, potassium chloride, and various potassium sulfates, used chiefly in fertilizers.

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[From sing. of obsolete pot ashes, an alkaline substance obtained by leaching wood ashes and evaporating the leachate in a pot.]

potash

(ˈpɒtˌæʃ) n1. (Elements & Compounds) another name for potassium carbonate, esp the form obtained by leaching wood ash2. (Elements & Compounds) another name for potassium hydroxide3. (Elements & Compounds) potassium chemically combined in certain compounds: chloride of potash. [C17 pot ashes, translation of obsolete Dutch potaschen; so called because originally obtained by evaporating the lye of wood ashes in pots]

pot•ash

(ˈpɒtˌæʃ)

n. 1. potassium carbonate, esp. the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes. 2. potassium hydroxide. 3. any of several potassium compounds, as the oxide of potassium, K₂O. [1615–25; back formation from pl. pot-ashes, translation of early Dutch potasschen]

pot·ash

(pŏt′ăsh′) Any of several chemical compounds that contain potassium, especially potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃), which is a strongly alkaline material obtained from wood ashes and used in fertilizers.

Thesaurus

Noun

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potash - a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industrycaustic potash, potassium hydroxidehydrated oxide, hydroxide - a compound of an oxide with waterlye - a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide

Translations

Pottaschepotassecarbonato di potassiopotassapotassa caustica