Borax

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  • noun. A hydrated sodium borate, Na2B4O7·10H2O, an ore of boron, that is used as a cleaning compound.
  • noun. Cheap merchandise, especially tasteless furnishings.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Sodium tetraborate or pyroborate, Na2B4O7 + 10H2O, a salt formed by the union of boracic acid and soda.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O.
  • noun. See Bead, n., 3.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.
  • noun. The sodium salt of boric acid, Na2B4O7, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallisation; sodium tetraborate.
  • adjective. Cheap or tawdry, referring to furniture or other works of industrial design.
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  • noun. an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent
    • Word Usage
    "_fused_ or _dried borax_ may be used, in which case a little more than half the amount of borax indicated will suffice."
    Form
    boracic  borax bead test  borise  borize  boron  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mineral  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    mesothorax  metathorax  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Senna  allspice  alum  camphor  carbonate  
    Synonym
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    E285  preservative  
    variant
    boraces  
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