POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does potassium hydroxide mean? 

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

1. a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

caustic potash; potash; potassium hydroxide

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

hydrated oxide; hydroxide (a compound of an oxide with water)

lye (a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide)

 Context examples 

Xanthates are produced when alcohol reacts with sodium or potassium hydroxide and carbon disulphide.

(Watermelon rind a cheap filter for arsenic in groundwater, SciDev.Net)

The exact composition of Cancell/Entelev is unknown, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has listed the components as inositol, nitric acid, sodium sulfite, potassium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, and catechol.

(Cancell, NCI Thesaurus)

Mucoadhesive oral wound rinse consists of purified water, glycerin, benzyl alcohol, sodium saccharin, carbomer homopolymer A, potassium hydroxide, citric acid, polysorbate 60 and phosphoric acid.

(Mucoadhesive Oral Wound Rinse, NCI Thesaurus)