noun
potash
POT-ash/ˈpɑːtæʃ/
Potassium compounds used especially as fertilizer.
The scoop holds white potash granules beside the fertilizer sack.
Etymology
The name recalls how potash was originally made: wood ashes were soaked in water, and the resulting solution was evaporated in an iron pot. The manufacturing process supplied the name for the chemical substance.
In context
it worked great that was harvest that particular field that you saw the pictures of made two thousand and twenty pounds of lint we did that with 30 pounds of potash and sixty pounds of nitrogen
More examples
- This fertilizer contains potash to support healthy plant growth.
- The soil test shows that the garden needs more potash.
- The factory uses potash to make liquid soap.
Forms
potash
Similar words
- fertilizer
- A broader term covering plant nutrients beyond potassium compounds.
- potassium carbonate
- A specific potassium compound, rather than potash in general.