borax

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 Derived terms 1.3 Adjective 1.4 References

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Mediaeval Latin baurach (“‘borax’”), from Arabic بورق (báuraq), from Middle Persian būrak, from Persian بوره (būreh).

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borax (uncountable)

1. 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.
2. (chemistry) The sodium salt of boric acid, Na₂B₄O₇, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallisation; sodium tetraborate.

[edit] Synonyms

• E285 when used as a preservative

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[edit] Derived terms

• borax bead test
• boracic
• borise, borize
• boron

[edit] Adjective

borax (not comparable)

1. Cheap or tawdry, referring to furniture or other works of industrial design.

[edit] References

• borax at the Free Dictionary