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potash
/ˈpɑt.æʃ/
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What does potash mean?
noun
- The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) mixed with other potassium salts).
- A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as being a fertilizer. (ie. potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide)
verb
- To treat with potassium.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A surname.
noun
- (archaic) Potassium. Chiefly used in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash".
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Also, look out to keep your end of the potash stick dry or you may dehorn the tips of your fingers.
A sufficient quantity of chlorate of potassium and of caustic potash was placed at his disposal, together with provisions for eight days.
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Potatoes too closely resemble this fruit in their demand for potash, and exhaust the soil of one of the most needed elements.
Ashes or some good mixed fertilizer high in potash, applied and well mixed in at time of planting, will be very useful.
Nitric Acid—Exists in combination with the bases, potash, soda, lime, magnesia, in both the mineral and vegetable kingdoms, and is never found insoluble.