potash
/ˈpɑt.æʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Potassium. Chiefly used in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash".
Archaic; Countable; Uncountable
noun
A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as being a fertilizer. (ie. potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide)
Countable; Uncountable
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "permanganate of potash"
- "In order to ascertain the difference between the rapidity of pickling when the tin frames had been potashed and pickling without such treatment, two batches were used."
- "Gold ornaments are sand blasted or steel brushed nicely, then potashed,"
- "After removal from a worker bee they should be potashed in ten percent potassium hydroxide, washed, dehydrated, cleared, and mounted."
- "For the extraction of the internal sclerites the aedeagus was potashed in cold saturated KOH solution for several hours and transferred to a vial of distilled water."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑt.æʃ/
- British English: /ˈpɒt.æʃ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
acetate of potash
carbonate of potash
caustic potash
chlorate of potash
chromate of potash
citrate of potash
iridiate of potash
manganate of potash