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potaska — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • neck noun The part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders and trunk.
  • nonsense noun Words, ideas, or behavior that make no sense or have no logical meaning.
  • pap noun A soft, mushy food, especially one given to babies or the sick.
  • potash noun The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) mixed with other potassium salts).

Senses

potaska is used for these senses in English:

  • neck (informal, MLE, slang) A falsehood; a lie.
  • nonsense An untrue statement.
  • pap (uncountable, colloquial) Pablum or nonsense.
  • potash The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts).
  • potassium carbonate (inorganic compound) The alkaline salt K2CO3, that is the major constituent of potash; it is used in the production of glass and some soaps.

neck — full definition

  1. noun The part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders and trunk.
  2. noun The narrow part of a bottle, near the opening.
  3. noun The long, narrow part of a stringed instrument that holds the fingerboard.
  4. noun A narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas.
  5. verb Informal: to kiss and cuddle passionately.

nonsense — full definition

  1. noun Words, ideas, or behavior that make no sense or have no logical meaning.
  2. noun A style of playful, absurd literature or poetry.

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