borax
A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral, with a slight…A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.
» Boron was first isolated from borax.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.
Borax
бура́burá
(uncountable, usually)The sodium salt of boric acid, Na₂B₄O₇, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallization.
(attributive, sometimes, uncountable, usually)Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design.
- an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent
Examples
3 sentencesBoron was first isolated from borax.
Borax is probably the best known compound of boron.
The principal chemical preservatives used in the curing of meats are borax and boric acid and sulfite of soda.
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Origin
From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin borax, baurach (“From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin borax, baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag), which yielded Persian بوره (bure).
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Forms
plural: boraxes / boraces| Singular | borax |
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uncountable
Synonyms
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