Meanings
- uncountablechemistryThe alkaline base KOH, once known as caustic potash; it has a number of industrial uses, including the manufacture of bleach.
The gases passed over a hot roll of copper gauze, then through a weighed calcium chloride tube, which absorbed the water, into an azotometer containing a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide where the nitrogen was measured.
1885, American Journal of Science, 3rd Series, Volume 30, page 57Synonyms: caustic potash, potassa
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe alkaline base KOH, once known as caustic potash; it has a number of industrial uses, including the manufacture of bleach.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan hidròxid de potassi, potassa càustica
- hidròxid de potassipotassium hydroxide
- potassa càusticapotassium hydroxide
Czech hydroxid draselný
- hydroxid draselnýpotassium hydroxide
Estonian kaaliumhüdroksiid
- kaaliumhüdroksiidpotassium hydroxide
Finnish kaliumhydroksidi
- kaliumhydroksidipotassium hydroxide
French hydroxyde de potassium, potasse caustique
- hydroxyde de potassiumpotassium hydroxide
- potasse caustiquepotassium hydroxide
German Kaliumhydroxid, Ätzkali
- Kaliumhydroxidpotassium hydroxide
- Ätzkalipotassium hydroxide
- kaustisches Kalipotassium hydroxide
Greek υδροξείδιο του καλίου
- υδροξείδιο του καλίου (ydroxeídio tou kalíou)potassium hydroxide
Hindi दहातु उदजारेय
- दहातु उदजारेय (dahātu udjārey)potassium hydroxide
Hungarian kálium-hidroxid, marókáli
- kálium-hidroxidpotassium hydroxide
- marókálipotassium hydroxide
- kálilúgpotassium hydroxide
Icelandic kalíumhýdroxíð
- kalíumhýdroxíðpotassium hydroxide
Italian idrossido di potassio
- idrossido di potassiopotassium hydroxide
Japanese 水酸化カリウム, 苛性カリ
- 水酸化カリウム (suisanka kariumu)potassium hydroxide
- 苛性カリ (kaseikari)potassium hydroxide
Norwegian Bokmål kaliumhydroksid
- kaliumhydroksidpotassium hydroxide
Polish wodorotlenek potasu
- wodorotlenek potasupotassium hydroxide
Portuguese hidróxido de potássio
- hidróxido de potássiopotassium hydroxide
Russian гидроксид калия
- гидроксид калия (gidroksid kalija)potassium hydroxide
Spanish hidróxido de potasio, potasa cáustica
- hidróxido de potasiopotassium hydroxide
- potasa cáusticapotassium hydroxide
Swedish kaliumhydroxid
- kaliumhydroxidpotassium hydroxide
Turkish potasyum hidroksit
- potasyum hidroksitpotassium hydroxide
Cite this entry
potassium hydroxide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potassium%20hydroxide
“potassium hydroxide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potassium%20hydroxide. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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