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Definition potash
Etymology
From Dutch potasch (modern spelling potas), coined in 1598. The literal translation is pot ash, because it was made by burning wood to ashes in a large pot. First attested in 1648.
Noun
potash (countable and uncountable, plural potashes)
- the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap, glass and as a fertilizer
- (chemistry) an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts
- (chemistry, archaic) in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash", potassium (for example, "permanganate of potash" = potassium permanganate)
Verb
potash (third-person singular simple present potashes, present participle potashing, simple past and past participle potashed)
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