Potash

//ˈpɑt.æʃ//

Synonyms for "potash" (4 found)

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Noun(1 words)

Related words (2)

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57 translations across 33 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • أُشْنَان noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • أُشْنَان noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)
  • بُوتَاس noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • بُوتَاس noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • поташ noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ပိုတက် noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • ပြဆား noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Catalan

1 entries
  • potassa noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 鉀 /钾 noun (chemistry, archaic: potassium)

Czech

2 entries
  • potaš noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • potaš noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Danish

2 entries
  • potaske noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • potaske noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Dutch

1 entries
  • potas noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Finnish

2 entries
  • potaska noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • potaska noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

French

3 entries
  • potasse noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • potasse noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)
  • potasse noun (chemistry, archaic: potassium)

Georgian

1 entries
  • პოტაში noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

German

2 entries
  • Pottasche noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • Pottasche noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • pokaka noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • hamuzsír noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • kálium-karbonát noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • potas noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Italian

3 entries
  • potassa noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • potassa noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)
  • potassa noun (chemistry, archaic: potassium)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ក្បុង noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Latin

1 entries
  • nitrum noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • pottaske noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • pottaske noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • pottoske noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • pottoske noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قالیه noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Persian

1 entries
  • شخار noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Polish

2 entries
  • potaż noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • potaż noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • potassa noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Romanian

1 entries
  • potasă noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Russian

2 entries
  • пота́ш noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • пота́ш noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Saterland Frisian

2 entries
  • Potääske noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • Potääske noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Spanish

2 entries
  • lejía noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • potasa noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Swedish

1 entries
  • pottaska noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • potasa noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Thai

1 entries
  • โพแทช noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kalye noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • по́та́ш noun (pot ash: the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer)
  • по́та́ш noun (chemistry: an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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These are the locations where potash is being mined today.

Source: tatoeba (11091776)

permanganate of potash

Source: wiktionary

In order to ascertain the difference between the rapidity of pickling when the tin frames had been potashed and pickling without such treatment, two batches were used.

Source: wiktionary

Gold ornaments are sand blasted or steel brushed nicely, then potashed,

Source: wiktionary

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