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potashes

potashes is the plural of potash.

potashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of potash.

Meaning of potash

Noun

potash (countable and uncountable, plural potashes)

  1. The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) mixed with other potassium salts).
  2. (archaic) Potassium. Chiefly used in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash".
    • permanganate of potash
  3. A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as being a fertilizer. (ie. potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide)

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Proper noun capitalized: Potashes

Potashes

  1. (plural) plural of Potash

Questions about potashes

What is potashes the plural of?
Potashes is the plural of potash.
What part of speech is potashes?
Potashes is a proper noun.

Words near potashes in the dictionary

  1. potash-feldspar
  2. potash-felspar
  3. potashed
  4. potasheries
  5. potashery
  6. potashes
  7. potashing
  8. potass
  9. potassa
  10. potassamide
  11. potassian

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