potash
noun · verb
Simple meaning
The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈpɑtæʃ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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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.
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This meaning: 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).
Used this way, potash is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- potassium hydroxide , a specialist term, precise but narrower
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