potassium sulfate

noun

: a white crystalline compound K₂SO₄ used especially as a fertilizer

Examples of potassium sulfate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Potash includes potassium nitrate, potassium chloride and potassium sulfate. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Dec. 2025

In addition to water and carbonation, it’s infused with minerals such as sodium bicarbonate, potassium sulfate, or sodium chloride. — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025

Ingredients like sodium, potassium bicarbonate, and potassium sulfate give club soda its salty, mineral taste. — Alison Mango, Health, 1 June 2024

Potash, or potassium sulfate, is currently mined in regions including Carlsbad, New Mexico and at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, where the Bureau of Land Management also oversees a private company’s potash mining operations. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023

The only catch: Check the label for preservatives like potassium sulfate or sodium benzoate, both of which can kill the yeast required for fermentation. — Justin Pot, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022

Three of the derailed cars were carrying potassium sulfate, which is used to make fertilizer. — oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for potassium sulfate

• borosilicate
• decontaminate
• deoxycholate
• deteriorate
• differentiate
• diisocyanate
• dinoflagellate
• excommunicate
• incapacitate
• insubordinate
• intercorporate
• interpenetrate

Kids Definition

potassium sulfate

noun

: a white salt used especially as a fertilizer

Medical Definition

potassium sulfate

noun

: a white crystalline compound K₂SO₄ which has been used medicinally as a cathartic