potash

Etymology
, coined in 1598, equivalent to. The literal translation is “pot ash”, because it was made by burning wood to ashes in a large pot. First attested in 1648. .

Noun

 * 1)  The water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer.
 * 2)   An impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts.
 * 3)   Potassium.
 * 4)  A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as being a fertilizer. (ie. potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide)
 * 1)   Potassium.
 * 2)  A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as being a fertilizer. (ie. potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide)
 * 1)  A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as being a fertilizer. (ie. potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide)

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: قِلْو, قِلْي, أُشْنَان, بُوتَاس
 * Armenian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan: potassa
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: potaske
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 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: pottaske
 * Nynorsk: pottoske
 * Ottoman Turkish: قالیه
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 * Spanish: potasa,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: potasa
 * Thai: โพแทช
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: по́та́ш


 * Arabic: قِلْو, قِلْي, أُشْنَان, بُوتَاس
 * Bulgarian: поташ
 * Czech:
 * Danish: potaske
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Gujarati:
 * Hawaiian: pokaka
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: pottaske
 * Nynorsk: pottoske
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: по́та́ш


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Verb

 * 1) To treat with potassium.