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Etymology
Middle English boras, from Anglo-French boreis, from Medieval Latin borac-, borax, from Arabic būraq, from Pahlavi būrak, from Persian būrah
Noun
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#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
#chemistry the sodium salt of boric acid, Na<sub>2</sub>B<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub>, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallisation; sodium tetraborate
Synonyms
E285 when used as a preservative
Translations
Italian: borace
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Derived terms
borax bead test
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borise, borize
boron
Adjective
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#cheap or tawdry, referring to furniture or other works of industrial design
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