caustic potash

caustic potash

n. See potassium hydroxide.

caustic potash

n (Elements & Compounds) another name for potassium hydroxide

potas′sium hydrox′ide

n. a white, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, KOH, that upon solution in water generates heat: used chiefly in the manufacture of soap, as a reagent, and as a caustic. [1880–85]

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