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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: caustic potash
caustic potash
n : a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry
[syn:
potash,
potassium hydroxide]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: caustic potash
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]
Potassa
\Po*tas"sa\, n. [NL., fr. E. potash.] (Chem.)
(a) Potassium oxide. [Obs.]
(b) Potassium hydroxide, commonly called
caustic potash.
[1913 Webster]
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