potash : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: potash	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for potash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potash n a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry Synonym(s): potash, caustic potash, potassium hydroxide
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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).