"potash" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɒt.æʃ/ [UK], /ˈpɑt.æʃ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-potash.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-potash.wav [Southern-England] Forms: potashes [plural]
Rhymes: -æʃ Etymology: Calque of Dutch potas, coined in 1598, equivalent to pot + ash. The literal translation is “pot ash”, because it was made by burning wood to ashes in a large pot. First attested in 1648. Doublet of potassium and potassa. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|nl|potas}} Calque of Dutch potas, {{compound|en|pot|ash}} pot + ash, {{doublet|en|potassium|potassa}} Doublet of potassium and potassa Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} potash (countable and uncountable, plural potashes)
  1. The water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Potassium Translations (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer): قِلْو (qilw) [masculine] (Arabic), قِلْي (qily) [masculine] (Arabic), أُشْنَان (ʔušnān) [masculine] (Arabic), بُوتَاس (būtās) [masculine] (Arabic), ပြဆား (pra.hca:) (Burmese), ပိုတက် (puitak) (Burmese), potassa [feminine] (Catalan), potaš [feminine] (Czech), potaske [common-gender] (Danish), potas (Dutch), potaska (Finnish), potasse [feminine] (French), Pottasche [feminine] (German), hamuzsír (Hungarian), potassa [feminine] (Italian), ក្បុង (kbong) (Khmer), pottaske [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pottoske [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), قالیه (kalya) (Ottoman Turkish), شخار (šaxār) (Persian), potaż [masculine] (Polish), potassa [feminine] (Portuguese), пота́ш (potáš) [masculine] (Russian), potasa [feminine] (Spanish), lejía [feminine] (Spanish), pottaska [common-gender] (Swedish), potasa (Tagalog), โพแทช (poh tâet) (Thai), kalye (Turkish), по́та́ш (pótáš) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-potash-en-noun-en:water_soluble_part_of_ash Disambiguation of Potassium: 11 27 30 23 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 10 36 2 Disambiguation of 'pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer': 78 6 7 9
  2. (chemistry) An impure form of potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) mixed with other potassium salts. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry, Potassium Translations (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts): قِلْو (qilw) [masculine] (Arabic), قِلْي (qily) [masculine] (Arabic), أُشْنَان (ʔušnān) [masculine] (Arabic), بُوتَاس (būtās) [masculine] (Arabic), поташ (potaš) [masculine] (Bulgarian), potaš [feminine] (Czech), potaske [common-gender] (Danish), potaska (Finnish), potasse [feminine] (French), Pottasche [feminine] (German), pokaka (Hawaiian), kálium-karbonát (Hungarian), potassa [feminine] (Italian), nitrum [neuter] (Latin), pottaske [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pottoske [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), potaż [masculine] (Polish), пота́ш (potáš) [masculine] (Russian), по́та́ш (pótáš) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-potash-en-noun-en:impure_form_of_potassium_carbonate Disambiguation of Potassium: 11 27 30 23 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 10 36 2 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts': 3 57 8 32
  3. (chemistry, archaic) Potassium. Chiefly used in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash". Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry, Potassium
    Sense id: en-potash-en-noun-en:potassium__archaically Disambiguation of Potassium: 11 27 30 23 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 10 36 2 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as being a fertilizer. (ie. potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Potassium
    Sense id: en-potash-en-noun-en:class_of_potassium_minerals Disambiguation of Potassium: 11 27 30 23 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 10 36 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: potass, potassa, potassium
Derived forms: acetate of potash, carbonate of potash, caustic potash, chlorate of potash, chromate of potash, citrate of potash, iridiate of potash, manganate of potash, muriate of potash, nitrate of potash, nitre of potash, osmiate of potash, oxygenated muriate of potash, permanganate of potash, plumbate of potash, potash alum, potash blue, potashery, potash-feldspar, potash-felspar, potash-granite, potash greensand, potash kettle, potash-lime, potash lye, potash-mica, potash of sulfur, potash of sulphur, potash-water, potash water, silicate of potash, stannate of potash, stannite of potash, sulfate of potash, sulphate of potash, sulfurated potash, sulphurated potash

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈpɒt.æʃ/ [UK], /ˈpɑt.æʃ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-potash.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-potash.wav [Southern-England] Forms: potashes [present, singular, third-person], potashing [participle, present], potashed [participle, past], potashed [past]
Rhymes: -æʃ Etymology: Calque of Dutch potas, coined in 1598, equivalent to pot + ash. The literal translation is “pot ash”, because it was made by burning wood to ashes in a large pot. First attested in 1648. Doublet of potassium and potassa. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|nl|potas}} Calque of Dutch potas, {{compound|en|pot|ash}} pot + ash, {{doublet|en|potassium|potassa}} Doublet of potassium and potassa Head templates: {{en-verb}} potash (third-person singular simple present potashes, present participle potashing, simple past and past participle potashed)
  1. To treat with potassium.
    Sense id: en-potash-en-verb-RAaVN~96

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      "word": "ပိုတက်"
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      "sense": "pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer",
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      "sense": "pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer",
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      "sense": "pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer",
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer",
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer",
      "word": "ក្បុង"
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      "code": "fa",
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    },
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      "sense": "pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer",
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      "sense": "pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer",
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      "sense": "chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts",
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      "sense": "chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts",
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      "sense": "chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts",
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      "code": "haw",
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      "sense": "chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts",
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          "ref": "2003, Senckenbergiana biologica, page 136",
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