What is another word for Potashes?

Pronunciation: [pˈɒtaʃɪz] (IPA)

Potashes are an important source of potassium. Synonyms for this term include potash, potassium carbonate, and pearlash. Potash is the most commonly used synonym for potashes. It is a key ingredient in fertilizers and can also be used in the production of glass, soap, and pottery. Potassium carbonate is another term used to refer to the alkaline salts that remain after the combustion of plant materials. Pearlash is a term that was used in the past to refer to the white residue left behind after the burning of wood or other plant materials. These synonyms are all commonly used in industries that rely heavily on the use of potassium.

Usage examples for Potashes

He urged a varied planting and the making of pitch and tar, pipe-staves, Potashes, iron, and bay-salt, and warned the planters against "building their plantation wholly on smoke."
"England in America, 1580-1652"
Lyon Gardiner Tyler
Some Solutions hereafter to be mentioned, for the Solutions of Potashes, and other Lixiviate Salts.
"Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)"
Robert Boyle
He had a little of the dirt of each part of his farm analyzed, you know, and then he sent to New York for his phosphates, his Potashes, his muriates, and his compound-super-universal panacea vegetates, and with all these bad-smelling mixtures-his barn was like a big agricultural drug-store-he was going to put into his skinned land just the elements lacking.
"Nature's Serial Story"
E. P. Roe

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