borax

See also Borax, and bórax

English

Wikipedia

Borax

Etymology

From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بورق (báuraq), from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭥𐭥𐭪 (būrak). Compare Persian بوره (bure).

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• E285 when used as a preservative

Translations

crystalline salt

• Albanian: boraks m
• Arabic: بورق (báuraq) m
• Armenian: բորակ (hy) (borak)
• Catalan: bòrax (ca) m
• Esperanto: borakso (eo)
• Finnish: booraksi (fi)
• French: borax (fr) m

• German: Borax (de) n
• Hungarian: bórax (hu)
• Italian: borace (it) m
• Persian: بوره (būreh)
• Russian: бура (ru) (burá) f
• Spanish: bórax (es) m, borraj (es) m
• Turkish: boraks (tr)

(chemistry) Na2B4O7

• French: borax (fr) m

Derived terms

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

Adjective

borax (not comparable)

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

References

• borax at the Free Dictionary