Borate

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  • noun. A salt, ester, or anion of boric acid.
  • noun. Any of a family of boron-oxygen compounds or ions.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A salt formed by a combination of boracic acid with any base.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a salt or ester of boric acid
  • Word Usage
    "From the above we see we are putting various parts of animals and humans, heavy metal and even borate, which is used in ant poison, into the blood flow, in some instances, of very young babies."
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