1
: potassium carbonate especially from wood ashes
2
: potassium or a potassium compound especially as used in agriculture or industry
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Canadian energy and a fertilizer ingredient potash will face a lower rate of 10%.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Mix grains of cobalt, mined in Labrador, with potash, quarried in Saskatchewan, and whisks of beaver tail, all of it steeped over sharp, jagged Yukon ice.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
The sanctions on potash cut an important economic lifeline for the Belarusian ruler but handed a windfall to Russia, another big producer, as global prices spiked.
—Tomas Dapkus, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
More than 70% of potash used in the U.S. comes from Canada, Richardson said.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Mix grains of cobalt, mined in Labrador, with potash, quarried in Saskatchewan, and whisks of beaver tail, all of it steeped over sharp, jagged Yukon ice.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
The sanctions on potash cut an important economic lifeline for the Belarusian ruler but handed a windfall to Russia, another big producer, as global prices spiked.
—Tomas Dapkus, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
More than 70% of potash used in the U.S. comes from Canada, Richardson said.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025
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“Potash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potash. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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potash
noun
pot·ash
ˈpät-ˌash 
: potassium or a potassium compound
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