potash

See also: Potash

English

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.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /pɒt.æʃ/

Noun

potash (countable and uncountable, plural potashes)

  1. the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap, glass and as a fertilizer
  2. (chemistry) an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts
  3. (chemistry, archaic) in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash", potassium (for example, "permanganate of potash" = potassium permanganate)

Derived terms

  • acetate of potash
  • carbonate of potash
  • caustic potash
  • chlorate of potash
  • chromate of potash
  • citrate of potash
  • iridiate of potash
  • manganate of potash
  • nitrate of potash
  • muriate of potash
  • osmiate of potash
  • oxygenated muriate of potash
  • permanganate of potash
  • plumbate of potash
  • potash alum
  • potashery
  • potash-felspar
  • potash-granite
  • potash greensand
  • potash kettle
  • potash-lime
  • potash-mica
  • potash-water
  • silicate of potash
  • stannate of potash
  • stannite of potash
  • sulfate of potash, sulphate of potash
  • sulfurated potash, sulphurated potash

Translations

References

  • Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.

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