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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry;
[syn: potash, caustic potash, potassium hydroxide]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Potash \Pot"ash`\, n. [Pot + ash.] (Chem.) (a) The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic potash. (b) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

potash n 1: a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry [syn: potash, caustic potash, potassium hydroxide]