POTASSIUM CARBONATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does potassium carbonate mean? 

• POTASSIUM CARBONATE (noun)
  The noun POTASSIUM CARBONATE has 1 sense:

1. a white salt (K2CO3) that is basic in solution; used to make glass and cleansing agents

  Familiarity information: POTASSIUM CARBONATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POTASSIUM CARBONATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white salt (K2CO3) that is basic in solution; used to make glass and cleansing agents

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("potassium carbonate" is a kind of...):

carbonate (a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "potassium carbonate"):

pearl ash (an impure form of potassium carbonate)