potash

pot·ash

noun \ˈpät-ˌash\

Definition of POTASH

1

: potassium carbonate especially from wood ashes

2

: potassium or a potassium compound especially as used in agriculture or industry

Origin of POTASH

singular of pot ashes

First Known Use: 1748

Other Agriculture/Gardening Terms

fallow, graft, heirloom, loam, soilage, swath, tilth, windfall

Rhymes with POTASH

abash, backlash, backslash, backsplash, bone ash, calash, Chumash, cold cash, czardas, encash, eyelash, fly ash, gate-crash, goulash, green flash, heat rash, hot flash, Lagash, mishmash, mustache, panache, rehash, slapdash, soutache, stramash, tongue-lash, unlash, Wabash, whiplash, white ash