potassium carbonate

1. 1.

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

   Broadercarbonate

   Narrowerpearl ash

Questions about potassium carbonate

What does potassium carbonate mean?

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

Is potassium carbonate a common word?

potassium carbonate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.