Potash

Definition: Potash

Potash

Noun

1. A potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry.

Date "potash" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Note: Potash \Pot"ash`\, noun. [Pot ash.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Potash

Domain	Definition
Mining	Potassium carbonate, K2 CO3 ; formerly extracted from wood ashes; used as a component of glasses, glazes, and enamels to enhancecolorants. Also called pearl ash. Syn:potassium carbonate. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Potash

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Potash is the common name of potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃), a substance that has been used since antiquity in the manufacture of glass and soap, and as a fertilizer. The name comes from the English words pot and ash, referring to its discovery in the water-soluble fraction of wood ash.

The term has become somewhat ambiguous due to the substitution in fertilizers of cheaper potassium salts such as potassium chloride (KCl) or potassium oxide (K₂O), to which the same common name is now sometimes also applied.

The element potassium derives its English name from potash.

Caustic potash is the common name of potassium hydroxide (KOH).

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Potash."

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Synonyms: Potash

Synonyms: caustic potash (n), potassium hydroxide (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Potash

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Remedy	Agueweed, arnica, benzoin, bitartrate of potash, boneset, calomel, catnip, cinchona, cream of tartar, Epsom salts; feverroot, feverwort; friar's balsam, Indian sage; ipecac, ipecacuanha; jonquil, mercurous chloride, Peruvian bark; quinine, quinquina; sassafras, yarrow.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Potash

English words defined with "potash": Alum stone, Ashery ♦ Black flux, Black salts, Blacksalter, Blanchimeter ♦ Calcar, Carlsbad, Causticily, Clavellated, Crown glass ♦ Feldspath, Fixed alkali, Fixed alkalies ♦ Gismondite ♦ Heavy glass, Hydromica, Hygrometrical ♦ Indican, Indol, Infernal stone ♦ Jarosite ♦ Leucite, Lithia ♦ Margarodite, Metacrolein ♦ Nephelite ♦ Oxalic acid ♦ Polverine, Potash soap, Potashes, Potassa, Potassium ferricyanide, Potassium ferrocyanide, Prussian blue ♦ Resorcin, Roscoelite ♦ Smalt, soft soap, Suint ♦ Vienna paste, Vitriolated ♦ Zaffer, Zeolite. (references)

Specialty definitions using "potash": ammonium aluminium sulphate ♦ blast furnace dust, BLENDER-CONVEYOR OPERATOR, brammallite ♦ codorous ore ♦ DCDL, deep mining, DRIER OPERATOR ♦ fertilizer consumption,100 grams per hectare of arable land, FERTILIZER MIXER ♦ haloxylin ♦ Mineral Lands and Mining, Misnomers ♦ peralkaline, peraluminous, Prometheans ♦ quartz latite, quartz syenite ♦ sociale werkplaats, soda feldspar, soda orthoclase, sodium regulations, SUPERVISOR, CELL ROOM, SUPERVISOR, EVAPORATOR, SUPPLY CONTROLLER ♦ tartrate index. (references)

Etymologies containing "potash": Potassa, potassium. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Potash" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Manx (ash, potash).

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Modern Usage: Potash

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924)

Potash and Perlmutter (1923)

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Commercial Usage: Potash

Domain	Title
References	Arab Potash Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) The 2000-2005 Outlook for Potash, Soda, and Boratic Minerals in Asia (reference) The World Market for Potassium Hydroxide (Caustic Potash) and Peroxides of Sodium or Potassium: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	CANADA POTASH FERTILIZER REPORT 2002 [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Market Guide / ProVestor Plus Company Report for Potash Corp./Saskatchewan - POT [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) POT (Potash Corporation): Share Price Seasonally Weak - Reiterate Buy [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Potash & Perlmutter : their copartnership ventures and adventures (reference) Potash Resources at Wipp Site, New Mexico (Circulars, Vol. 207) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Potash Outlook (reference) Potash Review (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Photo Album: Potash

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Massive machine with 3 inch wide cutting projections digs into the potash in underground mine near Carlsbad, NM. Credit: J. Olson.		In mulitple seam areas, shuttle car loading is used to avoid dilution of the potash ore. Credit: J. Olson.
	Jug Handle Arch along the Potash Road near Moab, Utah. Credit: Jerry Sintz.		Tipple at potash mine in Eddy County, New Mexico. This is the largest potash mine in the world. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Carloads of potash at potash mine in Eddy County, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.		Clovis, New Mexico. Abbie Caldwell, employed in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard to clean potash cars. Credit: Library of Congress.
	American Potash Institute. Exterior of American Potash Institute. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Historic Usage: Potash

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	As regards the territories referred to in Article 51, Germany renounces on behalf of herself and her nationals as from November 11, 1918, all rights under the law of May 25, 1910, regarding the trade in potash salts, and generally under any stipulations for the intervention of German organisations in the working of the potash mines. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Potash

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		There are another three potash projects in Qaidam Basin under approval process. (references)
		China will import phosphate and potash fertilizer and a small amount of nitrogen fertilizer as supplements. (references)
		The chemical fertilizer industry plans to invest 95 billion yuan in fertilizer production during the 2001-2005 period, including 30 billion yuan for nitrogen fertilizer production, 35 billion yuan for phosphate fertilizer production and 20 billion yuan for potash fertilizer production. (references)
Economic History	Jordan	While Jordan's economy has traditionally been centered on phosphates, potash, fertilizer derivatives, overseas remittances, tourism, and foreign aid, the government hopes to reinvigorate economic growth by focusing on information technology (IT), tariff-free export areas such as the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) and the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ), as well as expanding tourism. (references)
	Jordan	Trade (2000 est.): Exports--$1.5 billion: chemicals, phosphates, potash, agricultural products, manufactures. (references)
	Israel	Industry: Types--high-technology projects--including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics--wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, processed foods, chemicals, diamond cutting and polishing, metal products. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Potash

"Potash" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "Potash" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	90%	45	50,900
Noun (proper)	6%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	2%	1	339,140
Lexical Verb (base form)	2%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	50	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Potash

The following table summarizes the usage of "potash" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Potash	Last name	200	39,545
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Potash

Country	Name	Country	Name
Canada	Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.	Jordan	Arab Potash Company
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Potash

Expressions using "potash": caustic potash ♦ permanganate of potash ♦ potash alum ♦ potash fertilizer ♦ potash mine ♦ potash soap ♦ prussiate of potash ♦ red prussiate of potash ♦ yellow prussiate of potash. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "potash": potash-feldspar, potash-rich, potash-soap.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Potash

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
potash	111	institute phosphate potash	3
potash corp	11	potash corp of saskatchewan	3
potash corporation of saskatchewan	10	larry potash	3
potash corporation	10	caustic flake potash	3
caustic potash	7	potash mining	2
muriate potash	6	pcs potash	2
mississippi potash	5	potash sulfate	2
fertilizer potash	4	potash use	2
imc potash	4	potash sulphate	2
potash of saskatchewan	4	mining potash salt	2
potash mine	4	potash price	2
alum potash	4
		potash price	2
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Modern Translation: Potash

Language		Translations for "potash"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		potasë (potassa), kripë potasiumi (potassa). (various references)

Arabic		‏أشنان, ‏بوتاس. (various references)

Bulgarian		поташ (pearl-ash). (various references)

Chinese		�'�盐. (various references)

Czech		potaš, draslo. (various references)

Danish		potaske (patossium carbonate, pearl ash(rare)), kulsurt kali, kaliumoxyd (potassium oxide), kaliumkarbonat (patossium carbonate, pearl ash(rare)), kali (potassium oxide). (various references)

Dutch		potas (patossium carbonate, pearl ash(rare)), kaliumoxide (potassium oxide), kaliumcarbonaat (patossium carbonate, pearl ash(rare), potassium carbonate). (various references)

Farsi		پتاس محرق , پتاس زدن به , پتاس , کربنات دوسودمشتق ازخاکسترچوب , شخارخاکستر. (various references)

Finnish		potaska (patossium carbonate, pearl ash(rare)). (various references)

French		potasse (potassium oxide). (various references)

German		Pottasche (patossium carbonate, pearl ash(rare)), Kaliumkarbonat (E501, patossium carbonate, pearl ash(rare), potassium carbonate). (various references)

Greek		κάλιο (potassium), ποτάσσα, ανθρακικό κάλιο (E501, patossium carbonate, pearl ash(rare), potassium carbonate), οξείδιο του καλίου (potassium oxide). (various references)

Hebrew		אשל�'. (various references)

Hungarian		kálium-karbonát, hamuzsír. (various references)

Italian		potassa (patossium carbonate, pearl ash(rare)). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� 里 (potassium). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かり (acting, assumed, borrowing, clip, cut, debt, fleeting, hunting, informal, interim, loan, lower official, potassium, provisional, prune, reap, shear, temporary, trim, unauthorized, wild goose). (various references)

Manx		potash (ash). (various references)

Pig Latin		otashpay

Portuguese		potassa (patossium carbonate, pearl ash(rare), potassium oxide). (various references)

Romanian		potasã. (various references)

Russian		углекислый калий (potassium carbonate), поташ (pearl-ash, potass). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		potaša (potass). (various references)

Spanish		potasa. (various references)

Swedish		pottaska (Kali, pearl-ash), kaliumkarbonat. (various references)

Turkish		potas. (various references)

Ukrainian		поташ. (various references)

Vietnamese		x� phòng kali (potash-soap). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Potash

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	dinig, nimur. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	kalium. (various references)
Modern Latin	1500-Modern	potassa. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Potash

Derivations
	Words beginning with "potash": potashes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Potash" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kostash, Otash, Oyash, photech, pitish, podas, Podeschi, ponash, poojahs, Poopathy, Portisch, Postech, Postfach, pota, potasch, Potasse, potist, potsa, Pottisham, Povah, povahs, prottas, putsh, Yoash. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Potash"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "potash" (pronounced pÄ"ta'sh)
3	-t a' sh	moustache, mustache.
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Anagrams: Potash

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: pathos.
	Words within the letters "a-h-o-p-s-t"
	-1 letter: hosta, oaths, opahs, paths, phots, shoat, staph, tophs.
	-2 letters: atop, haps, hasp, hast, hats, hops, host, hots, oast, oath, oats, opah, opts, pash, past, path, pats, phat, phot, posh, post, pots, shat, shop, shot, soap, soph, soth, spat, spot, stoa, stop, taos, taps, toph, tops, tosh.
	-3 letters: apt, ash, asp, hao, hap, has.
	Words containing the letters "a-h-o-p-s-t"
	+1 letter: dashpot, teashop.
	+2 letters: aphorist, aphthous, apothems, dashpots, haplonts, hardtops, hoptoads, hospital, hospitia, naphtols, parashot, pathoses, phaetons, phantoms, phaseout, phonates, phorates, pooftahs, postheat, potashes, potheads, potshard, shoptalk, snapshot, southpaw, spathose, stanhope, tapholes, taphouse, teashops, towpaths.
	+3 letters: allopaths, antiphons, apholates, aphorists, apotheces, apothegms, atrophias, atrophies, cachepots, calthrops, cenotaphs, chassepot, crapshoot, ephorates, footpaths, grapeshot, hepatomas, heptagons, hospitals, hypoblast, hypocaust, hypotaxes, hypotaxis, isophotal, metaphors, naphthols, osteopath, pantheons, pantyhose, parashoth, pathogens, phaseouts, phosphate, photomaps, photomask, photopias, photostat, pistachio, plethoras, poachiest, polymaths, postcrash, posthaste, postheats, potlaches, potshards, shoptalks, snapshots, sociopath, southpaws, stanhopes, stopwatch, sweatshop, sycophant, taphouses, telophase, thiotepas.
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