p 3 o 1 t 1 a 1 s 1 h 4
6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry
originFrom pot + ash, because the substance was originally obtained by leaching ash in water and then boiling down the resulting solution in a pot. Compare Dutch potas, German Pottasche.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0