Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: potash

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Mar 6th 2012, 14:26

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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# the [[water]]-[[soluble]] part of the [[ash]] formed by [[burning]] [[plant]] [[material]]; used for making [[soap]], [[glass]] and as a [[fertilizer]]

  

# the [[water]]-[[soluble]] part of the [[ash]] formed by [[burning]] [[plant]] [[material]]; used for making [[soap]], [[glass]] and as a [[fertilizer]]

Latest revision as of 14:26, 6 March 2012

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Potash comes from the word potasch, coined by the Dutch in 1598. The literal translation is pot ash, because it was made by burning wood to ashes in a large pot. The English word Potash dates back to 1648.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia potash (countable and uncountable; plural potashes)

  1. the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap, glass and as a fertilizer
  2. (chemistry) an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts
  3. (chemistry, archaic) in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash", potassium (for example, "permanganate of potash" = potassium permanganate)

[edit] Translations

pot ash

potassium carbonate etc

dated chemistry

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[edit] References

  • Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]

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